{"id":2760,"date":"2019-06-20T09:05:39","date_gmt":"2019-06-20T09:05:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thaianti-humantraffickingaction.org\/Home\/?p=2760"},"modified":"2019-06-21T13:41:18","modified_gmt":"2019-06-21T13:41:18","slug":"press-release-thailand-ranked-tier-2-in-the-u-s-state-departments-2019-trafficking-in-persons-tip-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thaianti-humantraffickingaction.org\/Home\/2019\/06\/20\/press-release-thailand-ranked-tier-2-in-the-u-s-state-departments-2019-trafficking-in-persons-tip-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Press Release: Thailand Ranked Tier 2 in the U.S. State Department\u2019s 2019 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>On 20 June 2019 at 09.00 hrs. (Washington, D.C. time), the United States Department of State released the 2019 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report, ranking Thailand at Tier 2 for the second consecutive year.<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Thailand remaining in Tier 2 reflects the United States\u2019 due recognition of the Royal Thai Government\u2019s strong commitment to and continued progress in preventing and suppressing all forms of human trafficking during the past year.\u00a0 In 2018, Thailand has made significant progress in many areas, including law enforcement and prosecution of wrongdoers, victim protection and care, and prevention of human trafficking.\u00a0 Furthermore, Thailand has placed high importance on enhancing cooperation and partnership with all stakeholders and stands ready to work closely with all concerned parties, both domestic and international, including the United States and relevant international organizations, to ensure greater progress and more concrete outcomes in combatting human trafficking.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The fight against human-trafficking has long been pursued as our national agenda. The Royal Thai Government is fully committed and will continue to improve the relevant legal frameworks, strive to close existing gaps, as well as enhance operational efficiency, with the ultimate goal of eradicating all forms of human trafficking and safeguarding human dignity in accordance with the principles of human rights and humanitarianism to which Thailand has always adhered<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mfa.go.th\/main\/en\/news3\/6886\/105048-Thailand-Ranked-Tier-2-in-the-U.S.-State-Departmen.html\">Ministry of Foreign Affairs<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 20 June 2019 at 09.00 hrs. (Washington, D.C. time), the United States Department of State released the 2019 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report, ranking Thailand at Tier 2 for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thaianti-humantraffickingaction.org\/Home\/2019\/06\/20\/press-release-thailand-ranked-tier-2-in-the-u-s-state-departments-2019-trafficking-in-persons-tip-report\/\" 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":813,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mfa-press-releases","category-press-releases"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thaianti-humantraffickingaction.org\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2760","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=2760"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.thaianti-humantraffickingaction.org\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2760\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2763,"href":"https:\/\/www.thaianti-humantraffickingaction.org\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2760\/revisions\/2763"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thaianti-humantraffickingaction.org\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thaianti-humantraffickingaction.org\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thaianti-humantraffickingaction.org\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thaianti-humantraffickingaction.org\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}