Execlusive Summary Unrest in the southern border provinces Statistics shows that unrest in the southern border provinces decreased in 2017 compared with 2016. There were 551 incidents causing 235 death and 356 persons being injured while in 2016, there were 807 incidents causing 307 death and 628 persons being injured. The state’s attempts to reduce violence in the area affected right and liberty to life and body of local people. It tried to solve the unrest problem through peaceful dialogue. In addition, for those affected by the unrest, the state provided assistance and remedies in terms of property and mental recovery. However, there were still worrisome situation concerning right in the justice process. The NHRCT still received petitions claiming that there had been human rights violation while suspects were detained and interrogated. Rights in the justice process was the issue the NHRCT received most petitions from the southern border provinces. Moreover, there were concerns about impacts on right to life and body of children and women, participation of women in the peace process and malnutrition of children in the southern border provinces as many children in Narathawat, Pattani and Yala Provinces from newborn babies to the age of 12 years old still did not receive complete set of immune inducing vaccines, putting the provinces in the top three in Thailand. Rate of children under 5 years old being in skinny condition or having malnutrition was higher than the average rate of the country. Business and human rights Business conducts affected human rights in many ways, resulting in international bodies coming up with criteria for business conducts that respect human rights. In 2011, the UN Human Rights Council recognized the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: Implementing the United Nations “Protect, Respect and Remedy” Framework (UNGPs) and advocated member countries to implement the UNGPs in practices in their countries. In addition, the Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand, B.E. 2560 (2017) has provisions on labour related to business conduct in Section 30 and Section 42. In 2017, the government made commitments and progress to prevent and solve human rights problems caused by business conducts, such as amendment of the Royal Act on Fishing (2nd Issue), B.E. 2560 (2017) and Royal Act on Administration of Works by Aliens, B.E. 2560 (2017), the Prime Minister’s expression of political intent to implement the UNGPs and command the State Enterprise Policy and Regulating Committee to order state enterprises to implement the UNGPs, development of a National คณะกรรมการสิทธิมนุษยชนแห่งชาติ | 43 Summary When human trafficking occurred, it was found that many state officials involved and in some cases, when victims entered the justice process, were not entitled to their rights as they should receive in the process which was against the major international human rights treaties that Thailand was a state party. State agencies involved therefore should take actions seriously according to the National Human Rights Plan, continuously organizing training workshops to provide related knowledge and information to officials at all levels, implementing rules that had already been proclaimed in practice and having appropriate measures to take care of witnesses in human trafficking court cases.