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The office of the NHRCT considers that the NHRCT's recommendations are
consistent with the government's policies and to perform official duties such as a comparative
study of foreign laws and the possibility and It is appropriate to prepare a central law to
eliminate discrimination by the Rights and Liberties Protection Department actions to amend
and improve the rules on granting legal immigration status to persons who have migrated and
stayed for a long time under the Immigration Act City B.E. 2522 by the Ministry of Interior
National Strategy (B.E. 2561-2580), which focuses on peaceful coexistence in multicultural
society Implementation of mechanisms for solving problems with migrant workers in an
integrated manner under the Foreign Workers Management Strategy B.E. 2560 - 2564 by the
Ministry of Labor to amend the Labor Relations Act B.E. 2518 and the Labor Act State
Enterprise Relations B.E. 2543 in accordance with the principles of Convention No. 98, etc.,
and the recommendations of the NHRCT on many issues have consistently yielded concrete
results, such as drafting a manual on operational guidelines (SOP) Memorandum of
Understanding (MOU) on the determination of measures and guidelines instead of detaining
children in immigrant detention centers awaiting deportation by the Department of Children
and Youth Affairs as a guideline for relevant agencies in both the central and regional areas to
operate in the same direction Approval for legal immigration status (Providing permanent
residence) to stateless persons by the Ministry of Interior to investigate the reasons for the
alienation of a person's name from the civil registration and solve the problem by the
Department of Provincial Administration, etc.
1.5 Suggestions for other cases as specified by the NHRCT
1) Proposal of the draft Act on the National Human Rights Commission (No.
Propose a draft bill on the National Human Rights Commission (No. ..) B.E. .... to the
Prime Minister for submission to the Cabinet for consideration. by requiring the NHRCT Has
the power to mediate persons or agencies involved for the parties to agree to compromise and
resolve human rights violations (Additional Section 34/1 of the Act Constitution on the National
Human Rights Commission, B.E. 2560).
Results/Achievements:
The Secretariat of the Cabinet has a letter No. 0503/14205 dated March 24,
2021, informing the progress regarding the consideration of the draft Act on the National
Human Rights Commission. The key points can be summarized as follows:
(1) The agencies involved in giving opinions on the Draft Act have additional
opinions and some observations on the assignment of the NHRCT to mediation powers may
be duties and powers that are in addition to the provisions of the Constitution of the Kingdom
of Thailand, in conjunction with the present Dispute Mediation Act B.E. 2562 can use such