{"id":2643,"date":"2019-04-10T13:53:26","date_gmt":"2019-04-10T13:53:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thaianti-humantraffickingaction.org\/Home\/?p=2643"},"modified":"2019-04-11T14:27:37","modified_gmt":"2019-04-11T14:27:37","slug":"new-thai-laws-to-curb-migrant-worker-exploitation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thaianti-humantraffickingaction.org\/Home\/2019\/04\/10\/new-thai-laws-to-curb-migrant-worker-exploitation\/","title":{"rendered":"New Thai laws to curb migrant worker exploitation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>April 10, 2019 : Thailand will use a newly amended law to crack down on forced labor with hefty fines and prison time, a move analysts said could help curb exploitative practices against migrant workers, according to\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-thailand-forcedlabour-lawmaking\/thailand-ramps-up-fight-against-forced-labor-with-stricter-law-idUSKCN1RK1AN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reuters<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The Southeast Asian nation, which has come under scrutiny for slavery and trafficking in its seafood industry, has added \u201cforced labor or service\u201d as an offense in its anti-human trafficking law.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone found guilty can be jailed for four years and fined THB 400,000 ($12,516), with more severe penalties if a victim is harmed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt shows the serious intent of the Thai government in tackling forced labor and improving the image of the country,\u201d said Puttanee Kangkun, a human rights specialist with advocacy group Fortify Rights in Bangkok.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt spells out the conditions, and the penalties are quite strict. But we have to see how effective the implementation is.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.undercurrentnews.com\/2019\/04\/10\/new-thai-laws-to-curb-migrant-worker-exploitation\/\">Undercurrentnews<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more details about new law (in Thai language):\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th\/DATA\/PDF\/2562\/A\/045\/T_0001.PDF\">http:\/\/www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th\/DATA\/PDF\/2562\/A\/045\/T_0001.PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 10, 2019 : Thailand will use a newly amended law to crack down on forced labor with hefty fines and prison time, a move analysts said could help curb <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thaianti-humantraffickingaction.org\/Home\/2019\/04\/10\/new-thai-laws-to-curb-migrant-worker-exploitation\/\" class=\"read-more button-fancy -red\"><span class=\"btn-arrow\"><\/span><span class=\"twp-read-more text\">Continue Reading<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2010,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thaianti-humantraffickingaction.org\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thaianti-humantraffickingaction.org\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thaianti-humantraffickingaction.org\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thaianti-humantraffickingaction.org\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thaianti-humantraffickingaction.org\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2643"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thaianti-humantraffickingaction.org\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2643\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2646,"href":"https:\/\/www.thaianti-humantraffickingaction.org\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2643\/revisions\/2646"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thaianti-humantraffickingaction.org\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thaianti-humantraffickingaction.org\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thaianti-humantraffickingaction.org\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thaianti-humantraffickingaction.org\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}