Thailand : implementation of Thailand´s emergency decree

Jul 1, 2007

This legal memorandum summarises research and analysis undertaken by the ICJ on implementation of the Emergency Decree on Government Administration in States of Emergency B.E. 2548 in Thailand’s three southern provinces.

This legal memorandum summarises research and analysis undertaken by the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) on implementation of the Emergency Decree on Government Administration in States of Emergency B.E. 2548 (the Emergency Decree) in Thailand’s three southern provinces of Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat, in light of international law, in particular international human rights law and best practices around the world. The majority of this research was carried out in April – June 2006, and updated with further research and interviews up to 1 February 2007.

Thailand-emergency decree-report-2011-eng (full text in English, PDF)

Thailand-emergency decree-report-2011-thai (full text in Thai, PDF)

Addendum to report – Sri Lanka: the investigation and inquest into the killing of 17 aid workers in Muttur in August 2006

Jun 1, 2007

In October 2006, the ICJ appointed Mr Michael Birnbaum QC as its observer of the inquest into the deaths of 17 aid workers in Muttur, Sri Lanka in the first week of August 2006.