Amendment to the Prevention and Suppression of Human Trafficking Act

Country	Thailand
Year	2017
Type of Measure	Violence against women > Legislation
Form of Violence	Trafficking

Brief Description

The legal structure on preventing trafficking was strengthened by having amended the Prevention and Suppression of Human Trafficking Act B.E. 2551 (2008), including the most recent amendment in 2017 to revise the definition of the term “exploitation” to be more in line with the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children under the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime.

Source of Information

Thailand's submission for National Review for Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action, Beijing+25, 2019, p.29

For more information: Prevention and Suppression of Human Trafficking (Amendment) Act 2017