1. Implementation of CRC in Thailand
The Ministry of Social Development and Human Security

2. States parties’ commitment to CRC1
Respect and recognize rights
Ensure/guarantee rights
Implement rights/ undertake all appropriate measures
Make the principles and provisions widely known
Submit reports within
2 yrs, and every 5 yrs
art 2 3
art 42 4
art 44

3. Thailand and CRC Become state party on 26 April 1992 (art 48)
with 3 reservations on arts 7, 22, 29
Submitted 2 reports
- Initial report (1) August 1996
- Periodic report (2) May 2004
(3+4) July 2011
Withdrew reservations
- art 29 : 11 April 1997
- art 7 : 13 December 2010
- art 22 Still remained
Ensure + undertake appropriate measures
on the following areas

4. Ensure the Rights of the Child
Constitution
Ensure the Rights of the Child
Human rights principles: human dignity, rights, liberty and equality (sections 4 5 9)
Rights and liberty of Thai citizen: sections 26–69
State fundamental policy on social welfare: public health, education and culture (section 80, 81, 84, 85, 87)

5. Ensure the Rights of the Child Issued and amendment of laws
National Laws
Ensure the Rights of the Child Issued and amendment of laws
Persons’ identification
- Nationality Act (No.4) 2008
- Civil Registration Act (No.2) 2008
Protection and development of children
- Child Protection Act 2003
- National Child and Youth development Act 2007
- Domestic Violence Victim Protection Act 2007
Penal Code Amendment to Protect the child on sexual offences (No.19, 20, 21)
Criminal Procedure Code Amendment concerning child interrogation, investigation and identification (No. 20, 26)

6. Policy and Strategy The direction of the policy and plans has been
Ensure the Rights of the Child Issued the National Plan
The direction of the policy and plans has been
consistent with the focus of each national economic
and social development plan.
The focus of the national plans has been on the
development of children and youth and prevention
of problems, as well as response to the needs of
specific target groups.
The focus has shifted and been redefined
according to the situation of the time. 6

7. Ensure the Rights of the Child Issued the National Plan
Policy and Strategy
Ensure the Rights of the Child Issued the National Plan
National Child and Youth Development Plan for the year according to “A World Fit for Children” , and the Child-Friendly City Strategy
Vision
Children and youth lead secured, healthy, happy and creative lives.
Age-appropriate
Development
Children in Need of Special
Protection Measures 7

8. Youth Child Policy and Strategy
Ensure the Rights of the Child Issued the National Plan
Youth
Child
below 18 years of age.
0-2 yrs
3-6 yrs
7-12 yrs
13-17 yrs
Children in Need of
of Protection Measures
18 years 25 years of age.

9. Policy and Strategy
Ensure the Rights of the Child Issued the National Plan
Strategies 1
Increase life immunity in children and youth
Strategies 2
The protection and development of children
in need of special protection measures
Strategies 3
Capacity-building of alliances for child
and youth development
Improvement of the administration and
management system for child and youth
protection and development
Strategies 4

10. Children in Special Protection Measures
Policy and Strategy
Children in Special Protection Measures
-orphaned children
-adopted children
-abandoned children
-abused children
-displaced children,
-children of migrant
workers
-hill-tribe children
-stateless children
-children without
birth certificates.
-victims of human trafficking,
-child labour
-children in juvenile justice
system
-children in slums, economically deprived children,
-children affected by substance abuse
-children involved in violence.
--gifted children
-children with physical or mental impairs

11. National Promotion for Child and Youth Development Act of 2007
The chart below shows the mechanisms for coordination at the national and regional levels
National Human
Rights Commission
National Promotion for Child and Youth Development Act of 2007
Child Protection Act 2003
Parliament
National Commission for Child and Youth
National Child Protection Committee
Ministry of Social Development and Human Security
National Council for Child and Youth Development
Ministry
Sub-Committee to Combat Trafficking in Children and Women
NGO
Sub-Committee on Child Rights
NGO
Other
Sub-Committees
Sub-Committee on Law Reform
NGO
Provincial Child Protection Committee
Department
Office of Welfare Promotion, Protection and
Empowerment of Vulnerable groups
NGO
Provincial
government
Local Administrative Organization
Provincial Office of Social Development and Human Security
Civil Society

12. Monitoring and Evaluation
Policy level :
National Commission on Child and Youth
Development Promotion
- National Child Protection Committee
Provincial Action Plan which included
creative activities
Operation Level :
Action Plan of concerning agencies
MSDHS/Provincial public sectors/ Local
government
Child and Youth Council in all level
(National/Privincial/District/Tumbon)

13. Implementation/Undertake appropriate measures
Birth registration of children under Civil Registration Act 1991 and (no 2) 2008 during ( )
- Ethnic groups newborns
- Abandoned infants
- Displaced children in shelters
- Children of alien with work permit
- Persons without registration records
- Thai persons without household registration
certificates

14. Implementation/Undertake appropriate measures
Basic Health
- rights stipulated in Constitution (section 51-55, 80)
- services regulated by
1.Social Security Act 1990
2. National Health Security Act 2002
3. Social Welfare Promotion Act 2003
4. National Health Act 2007
5. MOE Regulation 2005 on Proof of Admission of
Students into Educational Institution
- Services through sub-district health centres and
public health mobile units nationwide

15. Implementation/Undertake appropriate measures
Health services for children
Specific services
Iodine Deficiency Disorder
Prevention Project (IDD)
National Thalassaemia
Prevention Plan (NTPP)
5 Yrs National Plan to
Prevent/ combat HIV/AIDS
General services
Pre + Post welfare care
Vaccinations
Breast feeding support
Disease surveillance
Nutrition
Development surveillance
(Up to pre-school)

16. Implementation/Undertake appropriate measures
Education
Rights stipulate in Constitution (Sections 49, 50)
Services regulated by
National Education Act 1999 and (No. 2) 2002
Compulsory Education Act 2002
Promotion of Non Formal and Informal Education 2008
Skill Development Promotion Act 2002
National Child and Youth Development Promotion Act 2007

17. Implementation/Undertake appropriate measures
Education Services for Children
compulsory 9 yrs
free basic education 15 yrs
children of school age with/without
evidence of civil registration must be admitted
by all educational institutions (MOE Regulation
2005)
Special education nationwide by special schools
in 42 provinces and learning centres

18. Implementation/Undertake appropriate measures
Special Protection Measures
are undertaken for:
children of displaced persons in temporary shelters
children of migrant workers
child labor
child victim of trafficking
(under Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act 2008)
Juvenile justice (under Act of Establishment of
Juvenile and Family Courts and Procedure for
Juvenile and Family Cases 1991 and amended 2005)
Children in the Southern border of Thailand
(assistances and remedies)

19. Implementation/Undertake appropriate measures
Special Protection Measures (cont.)
violence victims children are cared under Domestic
Violence Victim Protection Act 2007
Child Protection Act 2003
One-stop Service Crisis Center (OSCC) in the
hospitals under Ministry of Public Health
Reception home under Ministry of Social
Development and Human Security
Survey and study on Violence against Children with 50,000 samples

20. Implementation/Undertake appropriate measures
Child Protection System
7 provinces
Policy
Legislation
Basic Services Standards
Mechanisms
Participation
Training course for parents/teacher in non-violence caring
Guideline for children without status
protection
Child protection volunteer
Chiangmai
Chonburi
Samutsakorn
Karnchanaburi
Nontaburi
Udonthani
Pattani

21. Further Commitment to child rights instruments
CRC Optional Protocols on:
- the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and
Child Pornography
- the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict
Jan 2006
Feb 2006
Hague Constitution on:
- the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction
- the Protection of Children and Cooperation
in Respect of Inter-Country Adoption
Nov 2002
Aug 2007
ILO Conventions concerning children
- No. 182 worst forms of child labour
- No. 138 minimum age for admission to
employment
Feb 2001
May 2005

22. Dissemination of principles + provisions (art 42)
through
Media (art 17)
Law concerned
- Official Information
Act 1997
- Computer Crime
Act 2007
Rating on TV
Programme & film
2008 (6 levels)
3 – 5 yrs yrs,
all ages above 13 yrs,
above 18 yrs adult only
Materials
CRC text on local
languages,
simplified version,
cartoon,pamphlet,
booklets and kit
Brail version
Training
Trainings and
seminars
through GOs
NGOs sectors
including variety
of network

23. The Implementation of CRC in Thailand at National level
UN CRC Committee’s recommendations to the 3th and the 4rd Report of regarding children in juvenile Justice as following;
Raise minimum age of criminal responsibility to 12 yrs
Ensure that children deprived of liberty are held in detention only as a last resort and short time & compliance with law
Ensure that children are detained separately from adult, have a safe environment & maintain regular contact with their families
Promote alternative measures to detention
Strengthen the training of judges & judicial personnel on related Convention & Optional Protocols
Develop social reintegration programmes for children in conflict with the law
Make us of the technical assistance i.e. UNODC, UNICEF, OHCHR, NGOs & member panel of juvenile justice

24. The Implementation of CRC in Thailand at ASEAN level

25. ASEAN Workshop on CRC Implementation
Held in 29 – 30 July 2013 at the Sukosol Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand
Host by the Office of Welfare Promotion, Protection and Empowerment of Vulnerable Groups (OPP) under Ministry of Human Security and Social Development (MSDHS) THAILAND 
Co-funded by UNICEF EAPRO

26. To enhance ASEAN + 3 on implementation of CRC and COB
Workshop Objectives
To enhance ASEAN + 3 on implementation of CRC and COB
To develop a draft of the cooperation ASEAN Work Plan on the implementation of CRC and COB

27. Procedure of the Workshop
Child rights issues & actions
ASCC Blueprint
SOMSWD Strategic Framework
ACWC
Work Plan
CRC Workshop Recommen-dations
CRC
COB
Opening session
Mapping of ASEAN Child Rights issues & actions
Workgroup session
Draft ASEAN Work Plan to Support the Implementation of the CRC

28. Programmes/Activities Knowledge development /research
A Draft ASEAN Work Plan to Support the Implementation of the CRC (2014 – 2016)
Priority areas
Programmes/Activities
No.
Act.
Information Sharing
Knowledge development /research
Capacity Building
Other 3 1 - 6 2 8 4 11 34 10 13
Child protection
Juvenile justice
Violence against
children
Education
Child
participation
Total

29. A Draft ASEAN Work Plan to Support the Implementation of the CRC (2014 – 2016)
Child Protection
Goal
Closer working relationship amongst AMS on child protection.
Objectives
To develop standard, guidelines and mechanism for child protection at the ASEAN level.
Information Sharing
Time-Lines
Lead
Country
(Priority)
Information sharing of good practices and lessons learned :
Child trafficking
Children on the move
Child pornography and cyber – pornography
Thailand
Priority

30. A Draft ASEAN Work Plan to Support the Implementation of the CRC (2014 – 2016)
Juvenile justice
Improved rehabilitation/recovery, reintegration and constructive role of children in the societies.
Goal
To treat children in a manner consistent with the promotion of the child’s sense of dignity and worth.
To take appropriate measures to rehabilitate children in conflict with the law, and placing them in institutional care as the last resort.
To fast track cases pertaining to children in conflict with the law.
To enhance capacity and child sensitivity of law enforcement officers, court personnel and social workers.
Objectives
Information Sharing
Other
Time-Lines
Lead
Country
(First Priority)
Promote the review and enactment of legislations
to provide alternative measures
Malaysia
(Second Priority)
Share evidence based good practices -
2016
Viet Nam,
Brunei
Priority

31. Violence against children
A Draft ASEAN Work Plan to Support the Implementation of the CRC (2014 – 2016)
Violence against children
violence against children is eliminated in the ASEAN region.
Goal
To enhance regional mechanisms for the elimination of violence against children.
Objectives
Information Sharing
Other
Time-Lines
Lead
Country
(First Priority)
National baseline studies on the prevalence rate of VAC, and research on root cause and situations
2015
Philippines
(Second Priority)
Information sharing on country guidelines for child sensitive media coverage -
2014
Brunei
Priority

32. Knowledge development /
A Draft ASEAN Work Plan to Support the Implementation of the CRC (2014 – 2016)
Education
All children in ASEAN have access to early childhood education.
Goal
To create a module for teacher on early childhood education to build resilience of children.
To enhance quality standard of the early childhood care and education system.
To better understand own cultures and moral values in AMS.
To provide basic education in refugee camps.
Objectives
Information Sharing
Knowledge development /
research
Time-Lines
Lead
Country
(First Priority)
Sharing good practices and lessons learned on ECCE -
2014
Thailand,
Indonesia
(Second Priority)
Develop regional guideline of quality standard of EDDE systems
2015
Malaysia, Thailand,
Priority

33. Child Participation Goal
A Draft ASEAN Work Plan to Support the Implementation of the CRC (2014 – 2016)
Child Participation
Full and meaningful participation of children in any decision making process affecting children’s right and well-being.
Goal
To promote information sharing amongst AMS and child representatives on good practices, lessons learned and challenges.
To enhance knowledge and research on child participation in the region.
To build capacity of duty bearers, civil society organisations, and children for active engagement.
To create a platform where children’s voice could be heard.
Objectives
Capacity Building
Other
Time-Lines
Lead
Country
(First Priority)
CRC monitoring through alternative report -
2015
Philippines,
Thailand
(Second Priority)
3rd ACF
4rd ACF
2014
Thailand,
Viet Nam
Priority

34. Next step
1. 9th SOMSWD agreed the draft ASEAN Work Plan to Support the Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (2014 – 2016).
2. 10th SOMSWD will consider the World Plan again in order to extend the period the Work Plan to 2016 – 2020
SOMSWD endorsed in principle of draft ASEAN Work Plan to Support the Implementation of the CRC.

35. Q&A