Key legal instruments, agreements and guidelines which
relate to anti-trafficking in Thailand
• Memorandum of Understanding between the
Government of Thailand and the Government of
Myanmar on Cooperation to Combat Trafficking in
Persons, especially Women and Children (2009)
• Agreement between the Government of Thailand and
the Government of Vietnam on Bilateral Cooperation
for Eliminating Trafficking in Persons, especially Women
and Children and Assisting Victims of Trafficking (2008)
• Memorandum of Understanding between the
Government of Thailand and the Government of the
Lao People’s Democratic Republic on Cooperation to
Combat Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and
Children (2005)
• Coordinated Mekong Ministerial Initiative Against
Trafficking (COMMIT) Memorandum of Understanding
on Cooperation Against Trafficking in Persons in the
Greater Mekong Sub-region (2004)
• Memorandum of Understanding between the
Government of Thailand and the Government of
Cambodia on Bilateral Cooperation for Eliminating
Trafficking in Children and Women and Assisting
Victims of Trafficking (2003)
• National memoranda of understanding relating to
trafficking in women and children which contain
common guidelines for government, and nongovernment
counter trafficking organisations in
Thailand on how to work together to combat human
trafficking
• Regional memoranda of understanding relating to
trafficking in multiple provinces in Thailand, which
contain the operational procedures for victim rescue
and assistance
• Operational Guidelines on the Prevention, Suppression,
Assistance and Protection of Trafficked Persons for
Labour Purposes, which lists procedures for labour
officials to follow when they are dealing with human
trafficking cases