026 Executive Summary Annual Report of the National Human Rights Commission of Thailand Fiscal Year 2020 1. Background The annual report of the National Human Rights Commission of Thailand (NHRCT) for fiscal year of 2020 is undertaken in accordance with the Organic Act on National Human Rights Commission, B.E. 2560 (2017), Section 45. The Act mandates the NHRCT to prepare and present the annual report to the Cabinet and the Parliament within one hundred and eighty days after the end of fiscal year. The report must be composed of, at least, problems and obstacles encountered in undertaking the duties including recommendations for further actions, and then be disseminated to the general public. The annual report for fiscal year 2020 contains the activities of the NHRCT between 1 October 2019 and 30 September 2020. 2. Overall performances in the year 2020 The NHRCT has the duties and powers to promote and protect human rights as prescribed in the Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand, B.E. 2560 (2017), Section 247 and the Organic Act on the National Human Rights Commission, B.E. 2560 (2017), Section 26 and Section 27. The activities were also undertaken in accordance with the Strategic Plan, B.E. 2560-2565 (2017-2022), which can be categorized the following: 2.1 to examine cases of complaints related to alleged human rights violations, then prepare reports with recommendations on appropriate measures or guidelines to prevent recurring situations and redress of human rights violation, if found; 2.2 to prepare the annual report assessing Thailand’s human rights situations; The NHRCT staff members can be categorized as following: Figure 1: the NHRCT staff Officers 150 people Permanent Employees 58 people Contract Employees 56 people Grand Total 276 people As of 30 September 2020 Contract Specialists, Commissioners’ secretaries, and Assistants 12 people