Thailand has long been an ardent supporter of human rights pillar in the UN both at a regional and international level. During Thailand’s membership of the Human Rights Council (HRC) between 2010-2013, Thailand strengthens the Council’s role on technical cooperation and capacity-building in the field of human rights among states and between states and relevant UN mechanisms. Thailand was also the President of HRC between 2010-2011. During the presidency, Thailand saw through the inaugural review process of HRC.
As sustainable development is interdependent to basic human rights, and peace and security, therefore Thailand also has contributed in the formulation of the post-2015 development agenda by actively advocating for the mainstreaming of basic human rights and rule of law principles in the post-2015 development agenda based on the respect of national sovereignty and consideration of national contexts.