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3.5.6 Follow-up, analyzing, giving recommendation,
and participating in the strategic plan, action plans,
or activities related to the promotion of human
rights in various agencies, and initiating cooperation
plans with other agencies
A strategy in the NHRCT Strategic Plan was to
focus on supporting structural changes, both in public
and private sectors, to prevent and solve human
rights issues in a systematic manner. For example, the
NHRCT fully and constantly promoted strategic plan
to support the role of businesses in respecting human
rights. In the fiscal year 2020, some of important
projects included: (1) the collaboration between
the NHRCT and the Senate Committee to advance
the topic of business and human rights in terms of
policy and to expand on the United Nation Guiding
Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) to
all levels of business groups in Thailand; (2) the study
of the advancement of children’s rights on the occasion
of the 30 th anniversary of the Convention on
the Rights of the Child in Thailand, submitting policy
recommendations from the study and academic
seminars to advance children’s rights activities
in the future; and (3) projects to strengthen human
rights culture in the southern border provinces.
3.5.7 The establishment of integrated learning
centers for human rights
The NHRCT strengthened and expanded its
networks with academic institutions in all parts of
the country. In fiscal year 2020, the NHRCT established
the Regional Center for Human Rights Study and
Coordination at 6 local educational institutions namely
(1) the Southern Border Provinces Regional Center
for Human Rights Study and Coordination at Faculty
of Political Sciences, Prince of Songkhla University,
Pattani Campus; (2) the North Eastern Regional Center
for Human Rights Study and Coordination at Faculty
of Law, Khon Kean University; (3) the Eastern Regional
Center for Human Rights Study and Coordination at
Faculty of Political Sciences and the Faculty or Law,
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Burapa University; (4) the Southern Regional Center
for Human Rights Study and Coordination at Faculty of
Law, Suratthani Rajabhat University; (5) the Northern
Regional Center for Human Rights Study and
Coordination at Faculty of Law, Chiang Mai University;
and (6) the Western Regional Center for Human Rights
Study and Coordination at Faculty of Humanities
and Social Sciences, Phetchaburi Rajabhat University.
These centers have missions to promote knowledge
and understandings on human rights, to receive
complaints relating to human rights violation and
transmit them to the NHRCT Office, to provide advice
and coordinate with relevant agencies to take initial
steps toward the protection of human rights, to monitor
and follow up on situations or incidents relating to
human rights, as well as to gather and analyze data
for further human rights research study.
In addition, the highlight activities in collaboration
with the Regional Center for Human Rights Study
and Coordination were (1) the Youth Standing Up for
Human Rights project; (2) the Training of Trainers in
Human Rights Education Workshop; (3) the preparation
of a report on the situation, human rights impacts
from the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) Development
Project; (4) the projects on human rights campaign
with local youths, schools and alternative education
network; (5) the creation of space for students to
develop their learning and skills for human rights
education; and (6) the academic forum on the human
rights issues in Thai society including the protection
of human rights defenders in the Northeastern region,
the impacts of COVID-19 and sustainable development.
The expansion of Regional Centers for Human Rights
Study and Coordination were planned to cover six
other higher education institutions at Kanchanaburi,
Ubon Ratchathani, Chantaburi, Phayao, Yala and
Phuket in 2022.