Thailand has a rich history as a land of freedom and diversity. Thailand was among the first 48 countries to endorse the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. The Royal Thai Government respects fundamental freedoms and basic human rights. This reflects in the Constitution of Thailand (interim) (2014), which protects all human dignity, rights, liberties and equality of the people under a democratic regime of government with the King as the Head of State.
Thailand is a state party to 7 core international human rights instruments, namely
(1) the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR);
(2) the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
(ICESCR);
(3) the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against
Women (CEDAW) and its Optional Protocol;
(4) the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and its three Optional
Protocols on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict, on the
Sale of Children, Child Prostitution, and Child Pornography, and on a
Communications Procedure;
(5) the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
(CERD);
(6) the Convention Against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading
Treatment or Punishment (CAT); and
(7) the Convention on the Rights of the Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).