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(2) President of the House of Representatives and Leader of the Opposition in the
House of Representatives as members;
(3) President of the Supreme Administrative Court as a member;
(4) three persons selected by representatives of private organizations in the field of
human rights among themselves, with one representative for each organization, as members;
(5) representative of the Lawyers’ Council of Thailand, one person selected by
representatives of professional councils relating to medicine and public health among
themselves, and one person selected by representatives of professional councils relating to
mass media among themselves, as members;
(6) permanent lecturer or former permanent lecturer in a higher education institute who
teaches or conducts research or works in the field of human rights for no less than ten years,
selected by the resolution of the members under (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5) with a two-thirds vote,
as a member;
The Secretary-General of the Senate shall be the secretary of the Selection Committee
and the Secretariat of the Senate shall perform duties as the administrative unit of the
Selection Committee.
Non-Governmental organizations in the field of human rights under (4) and professional
councils under (5) shall be organizations or professional councils registered with the Office
according to the rules, procedures, requirements for registration, and selection among
themselves as prescribed by the Commission’s regulation, which shall specify that the selection
among themselves shall be completed within forty-five days from the date when a suitable
person for appointment as a Commissioner is to be selected.
The procedures to select members of the Selection Committee under (6) shall be as
mutually agreed upon by members of the Selection Committee under (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5).
Upon the lapse of time period in paragraph three and there being no persons holding the
positions of members of the Selection Committee under (2) or (5) or such positions not having
been completely filled for whatever reason, provided that there is at least one member of the
Selection Committee under (4), the existing members of the Selection Committee shall agree
upon and proceed with the selection of member of the Selection Committee under (6), which
shall be completed within thirty days from the date after the lapse of time period in paragraph
three.
Upon the lapse of time period to select member of the Selection Committee under (6)
and there being no persons holding the positions of members of the Selection Committee
under (2), (5) or (6) or such positions not having been completely filled for whatever reason,
provided that there is at least one member of the Selection Committee under (4), the existing