and reputation of other people in their reporting. They should also take into consideration the maintenance of national security, law and order, public health and decent morality of the people. (3) Assessment of Human Rights Situation relating to Economic, Social and Cultural Rights รายงานผลการประเมินสถานการณ์ ด้านสิทธิมนุษยชนของประเทศไทย ปี 2563 บทสรุปผู้บริหาร Important issues include labour rights, community rights in natural resource management, the right to health, the right to education and business and human rights. On labour rights, the COVID 19 pandemic has severely affected the country’s economy, causing a large number of workers to lose their jobs. According to statistics from the Ministry of Labour, the number of complaints received in fiscal year 2020 from workers who were not compensated for termination of work rose 74% from fiscal year 2019. The Department of Labour Protection and Welfare examined these cases, then provided advice and assistance to protect the workers’ rights. The government and concerned agencies have also implemented other measures to promote and protect the rights of various groups of workers. For example, there is progress in the amendment of the Labour Relations Act, B.E. 2518 (1975) and the State Enterprise Labour Relations Act, B.E. 2543 (2000). Effort was also made to prepare a draft law on the promotion and development of informal workers’ quality of life and to amend the law extending the age limit for informal workers eligible to become insurers under Section 40 of the Social Security Act from 60 to 65 years. As for migrant workers who have been affected by the spread of COVID 19, the government has introduced assistance measures and allowed them to continue their stay and work in Thailand. Regarding workers in the fishing industry, who are mainly migrants from neighbouring countries, an announcement was issued to protect their rights in obtaining their wages on a monthly basis, receiving state assistance in checking employment contracts, and being provided with medical insurance, etc. Recommendations that the NHRCT puts forward to the government and its concerned agencies include promoting workers’ knowledge about their rights and benefits to which they are entitled to under labour laws and channels for making complaints, strictly enforcing the law in protecting workers’ rights, continuously encouraging more informal workers to enter the social security system, and enhancing knowledge about labour laws among migrant workers. With regard to community rights in natural resources management, the government conducted in 2020 a survey on the occupation of land in national parks and wildlife sanctuaries countrywide to develop measures that would enable the people to continue to live and utilize the forest conservation areas for their livelihood. However, there is concern that the people currently living in forest conservation areas and depending on the forests for their living may not be able to file their request to set up community forests since the Community Forest Act stipulates that such forest has to be outside the conservation 25