NHRC proposes to protect the rights of LGBT people
Advise the police station - corrections
separate detention area
Support for a federal law on the elimination of discrimination
and gender identity recognition laws
) Received 33 complaints alleging that the Royal Thai Police had unfair gender discrimination.
and the unfair treatment of LGBTI persons in the investigations of LGBT complaint applicants who wish to have female police officers perform their duties with dignity. Sensitive to LGBT+ people
in procedures such as arrest, search,
urine test
and requesting that a service area be set up specifically for LGBT people.
In addition, there have been complaints that the prison does not provide prison cells for LGBT people.
The data appeared between the years 2020-2022 with statistics of complaints.
Allegations of unfair gender discrimination accounted for 20 percent of all complaints.
Therefore, a recommendation should be made to the Royal Thai Police, Department of Corrections, Department of Rights and Liberties Protection.
Ministry of Justice
and the Department of Women's Affairs and Family Institute
Ministry of Social Development and Human Security
Promote and protect the rights of LGBT individuals in the investigation.
by detention at the police station
The Royal Thai Police shall prescribe guidelines for all police stations to allocate appropriate locations.
Considering privacy for all genders
including people who are sexually diverse
by giving the superintendent of each police station
It is possible to use the powers to order specific control rooms to detain LGBTQ individuals.
The same is the case with the arrest of a juvenile suspect.
and in search
Establish guidelines for same-sex police officers to search the victim or the accused.
For LGBT people, ask the police politely first.
taking into account the characteristics of the accused
gender change
and arrange for an officer whose intent is to be searched by the accused or the injured person
detention at the correctional level
The Department of Corrections shall classify and separate the detention of sexually diverse inmates separately.
Let prisons across the country follow the same guidelines.
It also suggested improvements to laws, rules, regulations or orders by the Ministry of Justice.
Accelerate the adoption of a federal law on the elimination of discrimination.
To be a central law to promote equality and eliminate all forms of discrimination.
as well as supporting the draft Gender Identity Recognition Act.
Gender Expression and Gender Characteristics B.E. .... to eliminate discrimination on the basis of gender differences.
Ministry of Social Development and Human Security
Amend the Gender Equality Act B.E. 2558 to be able to promote gender equality more aggressively, for example, the powers of the Committee on Unfair Gender Discrimination (WorLorPor. can raise problems and diagnose themselves, for example, in order to achieve the true intention of the law.