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General in order not to prosecute cases that are not in the public interest or that will affect the
safety or security of the nation or interests. The Ministry of Justice by the Department of Rights
and Liberties Protection is currently amending the Witness Protection in Criminal Cases Act
B.E. 2546 by adding the definition of “witness” to include persons at risk of being in danger.
This will also benefit the protection of human rights defenders at risk. At present, the Cabinet
has approved the bill. (The version has been reviewed by the Council of State) already on
December 1, 2020. In addition, the Rights and Liberties Protection Department said that it has
worked closely with human rights defenders to monitor the situation of violations. Human rights
defenders provide witness protection and legal assistance to human rights defenders.
Organize training to develop human rights defenders capacity, organize meetings with relevant
agencies to discuss problems, prepare and disseminate human rights defenders manuals.
Including being a speaker to educate human rights defenders, etc., and together with the
United Nations Development Program (UNDP) is studying measures to protect human rights
defenders that are appropriate to the context of Thailand to gain to be developed into concrete
measures in the future.
1.4) Recommendations on visits to places of detention of persons, namely
linking and Integrate a database of prisoners to enable effective health care services;
amending regulations to require public health personnel working in prisons to enjoy the same
privileges as those in the wilderness to incentivize entry come to work provide knowledge
support and increase resources for development. The building of the prison is to be
proportional and prevent the spread of germs. Including, there should be a system to send
inmates to be examined to find ways to reduce the number of inmates in prisons who are guilty
of drug use not more than 5 units (5 tablets) or with a net weight of not more than 500
milligrams; and non-serious crimes focus on solving prison congestion through criminal justice
policies that focus on turning away from the justice system, altering the circumstantial
punishment of wrongdoing. For the prison to be a place of detention for serious offenders only,
create awareness for society to change. Attitudes in the criminal justice process are to change
the behavior of offenders to be good people. Promoting restorative justice and allowing
relevant parties to jointly formulate a plan for rehabilitation and behavior modification of
offenders. Increasing family and community roles in probation of more offenders and the
development of methods for rehabilitation of physical and mental health to allocate budget and
personnel for various prisons, including improving the facility to suit the number of inmates and
to be able to separate Different types of detainee control under international principles, other
forms of restraints that can be used to control prisoners should be developed or adopted in
place of conventional restraints. Site visits should be developed to prevent torture and