(Photo via Karennews.org)A year ago, the cabinet issued a resolution recognising an obligation to protect human rights in Thai outbound investments. The resolution recognised Thailand's extraterritorial obligations with respect to the human rights footprint of Thai business operations within the region. Such projects are complex to implement and require strong regulatory frameworks to assess, avoid and mitigate environmental and human rights impacts. Thailand must ensure that the issue of extraterritorial investments is included in its national action plan on human rights, which is currently under development. For example, governments are required to monitor human rights performance of involved companies and remove barriers that prevent access to remedy for affected communities through channels such as the National Human Rights Commission and the courts.

Source: Bangkok Post May 21, 2017 21:56 UTC