ร าย งานผล การ ปฏิ บั ติ งานค ณะกร รม การสิ ท ธิ ม นุษ ยชน แ ห่ ง ชา ติ ประ จำ � ปี ง บประ ม า ณ พ .ศ. 25 6 5 Executive Summary 14 The report on the performance of the National Human Rights Commission of Thailand (NHRCT) for the fiscal year 2022 is prepared in accordance with Section 45 of the National Human Rights Commission Act 2017. The report covers the period from 1 October 2021 to 30 September 2022. During the course of the year, the NHRCT gave priority to carrying out its legal duties, responding to the NHRCT strategy and the basic policy framework of the fourth Commission by coordinating with various sectors to jointly build a society that respects human rights. Major outcomes of its performance are summarized below. Protection of human rights: The NHRCT received 1,149 complaints alleging violations of human rights in the fiscal year 2022. Of these, 924 cases (80.42%) were accepted for further action, while 225 cases (19.58 %) were not accepted because they were not within the authority of the NHRCT or were under the authority of other independent organizations. The accepted cases were classified into the following categories: 1) Coordination of human rights protection: 164 cases (17.75%); 2) Investigation of human rights violations: 236 cases (25.54%); 3) Study and development of recommendations for promoting and protecting human rights: 29 cases (3.14%); and 4) Other forms of assistance: 495 cases (53.57%). The top three issues that were most complained about were rights 1 and status of persons, rights in the justice process, and community rights. In the fiscal year 2022, the NHRCT completed a total of 169 complaint investigation reports. Of these, 88 cases (52.07%) involved acts or omissions of acts that violated human rights and the NHRCT made recommendations to the concerned authorities to prevent and rectify human rights violations. In 57 cases (33.73%), no violations were found but the NHRCT did make recommendations to promote and protect human rights to the relevant agencies. The remaining 24 cases (14.20%) were those that were pending in court or cases which did not fall under the NHRCT1 mandate, or that were referred to concerned agencies for action, or did not involve any human rights violations. According to Section 39 of the National Human Rights Commission Act 2017