UK Foreign Office Roundup for November 10 (Continued): Statement on Thailand at UN Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review, Three Recommendations Made
The UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) published a further update through GOV.UK on November 10: Eleanor Sanders, the UK's Human Rights Ambassador, delivered a statement on behalf of the United Kingdom at Thailand's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, making three recommendations on Thailand's human rights record. It joins the day's earlier UK updates — the statement of concern over the conviction of Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu and the updated medical repatriation list — in GSM's UK station roundup.
The statement said the UK welcomes Thailand's engagement with the UPR and recognises progress, including on marriage equality, and on legislation addressing torture and enforced disappearance, and encouraged Thailand to translate these commitments into effective action.
The UK made three recommendations: first, that within 12 months Thailand reviews its Regulation on Deportation and its immigration, extradition and security-cooperation procedures to guarantee individual risk assessments, access to legal counsel and effective appeal before removal, and prohibits return where there is a real risk of persecution, torture or enforced disappearance; second, that by 2027 Thailand publishes measurable implementation indicators for its National Action Plan on the Elimination of Violence against Women, including survivor access to shelters, legal aid and crisis centres, and reports annually on domestic, sexual and technology-facilitated violence; and third, that within two years Thailand enacts comprehensive anti-SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation) legislation covering civil and criminal proceedings, including early dismissal of abusive claims and remedies.
Thailand's fourth-cycle UPR review took place in Geneva on November 9, with the outcome scheduled for adoption on November 13.
(Source: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
Source: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
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