Category: News and Updates

Charting a future for decent work in supply chains in Thailand: experiences from the automotive and food sectors As a side event for the upcoming Responsible Business and Human Rights Continue Reading

6th June 2019 -Deputy Prime Minister Gen Prawit Wongsuwon on Wednesday called on the United Nations to make Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing an environmental crime.  “Thailand is proud Continue Reading

June 5, 2019, at 09:30hrs, at Centra by Centara Government Complex Hotel & Convention Centre Chaeng Watthana, Prime Minister Gen. Prayut Chan–o–cha presided over the opening of “National Anti–Human Trafficking Day 2019”. Lt. Gen. Werachon Continue Reading

UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization to mark International Day to Fight against IUU Fishing in Asia-Pacific (Bangkok event) – 5 June 2019 The UN’s FAO will convene a regional event Continue Reading

A diverse group of seafood sustainability advocates, leaders, and stakeholders will convene in Bangkok, Thailand next month for the 15th edition of the SeaWeb Seafood Summit, for what promises to Continue Reading

The Criminal Court yesterday convicted 44 defendants, including a former high-ranking military officer and ex-local politicians, of money laundering human trafficking. Among those receiving guilty verdicts were Lt-General Manas Kongpan, Continue Reading

PRIME MINISTER General Prayut Chan-o-cha has confirmed the government’s commitment to keep cracking down on human trafficking crimes as a national priority. His comment came as the Cabinet was yesterday Continue Reading

April 26, 2019 – Ambassador Vijavat Isarabhakdi and Thai delegation met with Amb. John Richmond of TIP Office to exchange experiences in Anti- Human Trafficking efforts. Also in attendance are Boom Continue Reading

April 25, 2019 –Mr. Vijavat Isarabhakdi, Advisor to the Ambassador and Expert in the Ad-hoc Sub-Committee on Anti-Human Trafficking Efforts and Thai delegation went to Vital Voices to share experiences Continue Reading

Thailand and Cambodia  signed a Memorandum of Understanding on strengthening the management of the repatriation and reintegration of human trafficking victims. The MoU was signed on behalf of the Cambodian Continue Reading