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National Committee for the Elimination of Worst Forms of Child Labor which is responsible
for defining the framework, form, and preventive practices.
It also put in place important policies to take measures to remove items from the
inventory of goods produced by child and forced labor with the goal of removing at least one
item by 2022.
In doing so, there is integration between government agencies, the private sector and
civil society organizations, including collaborating with the United States through the State
Department by the Office of International Labor. The US Department of Labor has clarified
the guidelines for removing Thai fishing industry products from the inventory of child and
forced labor under the aforementioned guidelines.
3. Recommendations of the National Human Rights Commission
The National Human Rights Commission considers that in 2020, there are still facts
about child labor and forced labor in the Thai fishing industry that deem a human rights
violation. However, the government and relevant government agencies have taken steps to
address the issue and continue to halt and eradicate child labor and forced labor, as well as,
removing Thai products from the List of Goods Produced by Child Labor or Forced Labor.
However, the use of child labor and forced labor in the Thai fishing industry is an
ongoing and widespread human rights issue, particularly among the large numbers of migrant
workers. Therefore, in order to solve the aforementioned problems systematically, it is deemed
appropriate to recommend measures or guidelines for the promotion and protection of human
rights to the Council of Ministers in accordance with the Constitution of the Kingdom of
Thailand B.E. 2560, Section 247 (3) and the Organic Act. 2017, Section 26 (3) in conjunction
with Section 42 and to consider assigning relevant agencies as follows:
1. The National Fisheries Policy Committee, National Committee for the Elimination
of Worst Forms of Child Labor, Ministry of Labor, Ministry of Social Development and
Human Security, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, National Police Agency and
relevant government agencies must strictly enforce the law on child labor and forced labor
without discrimination as well as regularly review the guidelines and train personnel working
on the above operations. The aforementioned guidelines should bring the "Forced Labor
Indicators" of the ILO's Special Action Program to Combat Forced Labor (SAP-FL) to use as
the basis for an initial assessment or classification of whether workers who are in a situation
where they are at risk of being forced to labor. At the same time, the above measures must also