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Viewing cable 09BANGKOK1948, INITIATIVES TO COUNTER TORTURE IN THAILAND

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
09BANGKOK1948 2009-08-07 10:52 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Bangkok
VZCZCXRO7293
RR RUEHCHI RUEHCN RUEHDT RUEHHM
DE RUEHBK #1948 2191052
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 071052Z AUG 09
FM AMEMBASSY BANGKOK
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 7824
INFO RUEHZS/ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS
RUEHBY/AMEMBASSY CANBERRA 9839
RUEHKO/AMEMBASSY TOKYO 1788
RUEHBJ/AMEMBASSY BEIJING 7306
RUEHUL/AMEMBASSY SEOUL 5658
RUEHWL/AMEMBASSY WELLINGTON 0040
RUEHCHI/AMCONSUL CHIANG MAI 6845
RHEFDHS/DIA DHS WASHINGTON DC
RHEHNSC/NSC WASHINGTON DC
RUEAIIA/CIA WASHINGTON DC
UNCLAS BANGKOK 001948 
 
SIPDIS 
 
FOR DRL/MLGA KRISTEN MCGEENY 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PGOV PHUM DRL TH
SUBJECT: INITIATIVES TO COUNTER TORTURE IN THAILAND 
 
REF: STATE 070129 
 
1. (SBU) Summary:  In the wake of Thailand's accession to the 
United Nations Convention Against Torture (UNCAT) in October 
2007, the RTG has launched a number of initiatives to improve 
awareness of and implementation of UNCAT.  Most focus 
domestically is on the situation in the Deep South, which is 
afflicted by am ethno-nationalist separatist insurgency.  The 
U.S. supports several programs to strengthen the rule of law 
with an eye towards the situation in the Deep South, 
indirectly touching on UNCAT through education and outreach. 
End Summary. 
 
2. (U) In the wake of Thailand's accession to the United 
Nations Convention Against Torture (UNCAT) in October 2007, 
the Rights and Liberties Protection Department (RLPD) within 
the Ministry of Justice has been tasked with administering 
Thailand's anti-torture campaign.  The RLPD organized four 
regional seminars in mid-2009 to educate government personnel 
and NGO civil rights activists about UNCAT.  In addition to 
these outreach efforts, the RLPD is revising the 
Thai-language translation of UNCAT for greater accuracy. 
Finally, they plan to organize a conference for relevant RTG 
agencies to clarify their respective roles in the development 
of anti-torture laws and initiatives and to determine the 
status and progress of these efforts. 
 
3. (U) The RLPD is also in the process of creating an 
exploratory committee charged with implementing an 
Anti-Torture Law in Thailand.  It will be chaired by the 
Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Justice, who is 
currently considering a proposed list of committee members. 
 
4. (U) Thailand's National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) 
also has a subcommittee on the anti-torture campaign. 
Although the NHRC is currently in a transitional period 
between commissioners, it conducted a seminar in January for 
civil rights lawyers working in the Deep South.  The seminar 
focused on UNCAT, and NHRC sought feedback from the 
participants on how to improve the implementation of UNCAT in 
Thailand.  A former judge chairs this subcommittee within the 
NHRC. 
 
5. (U) Meanwhile, both international and local NGOs actively 
engage the Thai legal community on these issues.  For 
example, the Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT) 
launched a three-year campaign in Thailand supporting the 
implementation of UNCAT.  While their long-term plan calls 
for capacity building for the defense bar and the judiciary, 
they have also published two significant torture prevention 
manuals that were subsequently translated into Thai.  In May 
they conducted a three-day workshop in Bangkok focusing on 
the role of lawyers in preventing torture, with a particular 
emphasis on lawyers practicing in the Deep South.  Their 
partners in this project were the International Commission of 
Jurists, the Bangkok Office of the UN High Commissioner for 
Human Rights, the Swiss Embassy in Bangkok, and the Cross 
Cultural Foundation (a local organization). 
 
6. (U) Finally, local NGOs, such as the Muslim Attorney 
Center, continue to draw attention to alleged incidences of 
torture in the Deep South by tracking individual cases and 
maintaining and disseminating detailed records of the names 
of victims, locations of detention, and circumstances of 
abuse. 
 
7. (SBU) As the above examples indicate, the main thrust of 
Thailand's anti-torture campaign, both governmental and 
non-governmental, is directed at outreach, education, and 
legal community training.  While not specific to anti-torture 
initiatives, the USG currently supports an American Bar 
Association program in the Deep South -- through DRL's Muslim 
World grant program -- that bolsters the work of human rights 
lawyers in the Deep South and touches on UNCAT (specifically 
public education and outreach).  Furthermore, USAID will soon 
launch a project in the Deep South that will focus on 
strengthening independent agencies and civil society, as well 
as support peace-building efforts.  Both these programs 
provide a context within which the U.S. could buttress 
Thailand's current anti-torture campaign. 
JOHN