Remedies for Victim of Crime in Thailand กรมคุ้มครองสิทธิและเสรีภาพ กระทรวงยุติธรรม

1. Remedies for Victim of Crime in Thailand กรมคุ้มครองสิทธิและเสรีภาพ กระทรวงยุติธรรม Pol.Col. NarasSavestanan, Ph.D. Director General of Rights and Liberty Protection Department Rights and Liberty Protection Department , Ministry of Justice

2. The Compensation and Expenses for Injured Person and the Accused Act B.E. 2544 (2001) พระราชบัญญัติ ค่าตอบแทนผู้เสียหาย และค่าทดแทน และค่าใช้จ่ายแก่จำเลยในคดีอาญา พ.ศ. ๒๕๔๔ สำนักงานช่วยเหลือทางการเงินแก่ผู้เสียหายและจำเลยในคดีอาญา กรมคุ้มครองสิทธิและเสรีภาพ กระทรวงยุติธรรม

3. The Objective of this act is providing remedies to 1. Injured person2. Accused person พระราชบัญญัติ ค่าตอบแทนผู้เสียหาย และค่าทดแทน และค่าใช้จ่ายแก่จำเลยในคดีอาญา พ.ศ. ๒๕๔๔ สำนักงานช่วยเหลือทางการเงินแก่ผู้เสียหายและจำเลยในคดีอาญา กรมคุ้มครองสิทธิและเสรีภาพ กระทรวงยุติธรรม

4. Qualification of injured person who is eligible for the compensation according to this act

5. 1. Being a person who physically or mentally injured 2. Criminal offences committed by other person 3. The injured person does not involvein such offences. 4. Being the offences on the list annexed to this Act (section 17) Qualification of injured person who is eligible for the compensation according to this act

6. The list annexed to The Compensation and Expenses for Injured Person and the Accused Act B.E. 2544 (2001)

7. Title 9Sexual offences  Section 276 - 287 Title 10Offences against life and body  Chapter 1 Offencescausing death (Section 288 - 294)  Chapter 2 Offences against body (Section 295 - 300)  Chapter 3 Offences of abortion(Section 301 - 305)  Chapter 4 Offences of abandonment of children, sick persons and elderly persons (Section 306 - 308) The list annexed to The Compensation and Expenses for Injured Person and the Accused Act B.E. 2544 (2001)

8. Qualification of accusedwho is eligible for the reparation and expenses according to this act

9. 1. Being the accused prosecuted by the public prosecutor 2. Being kept in custody during the judicial proceedings 3.The evidence clearly show that the accused does not commit a crime and the case is withdrawn during the judicial proceedings, or a final judgment of the case proves that the accused does not commit a crime or the acts of the accused is not a criminal offence. Qualification of accused who is eligible for the reparation and expenses according to this act

10. Implementation on partnership integration policy with the Royal Thai Police to remedy the injured person in criminal case กรมคุ้มครองสิทธิและเสรีภาพ กระทรวงยุติธรรม

11. Background and problems

12. From the statistic during the year 2007-2012, there were only 18.44 % of the victims applying for state compensation (See the below table for the comparison between police statistic and RLPD statistic) Background and problems(1)

13. From a view.... “when there is a crime and people become an injured person in criminal case, if the department is capable of informing the right of the injured person since the beginning at a police station whereby the judicial process commences, every injured person in criminal case will be accessible to the state remedy in accordance with the objective of the Act” Background and problems(2)

14. Policy implementation

15. The 1st stage (fiscal year of 2013) Co-operated with the Royal Thai Police(RTP) in order to assign investigation officers, nation-wide, to inform the injured persons about their rights to receive state compensation as stipulated in the Compensation and expenses for Injured Person and the Accused Act B.E. 2544(2001). Investigation officer shall inform their rights and take note of the case description into the right tostate compensation notification form กรมคุ้มครองสิทธิและเสรีภาพ กระทรวงยุติธรรม

16. The 2nd stage (fiscal year of 2014) Established 45 service points at Provincial Police Stations in order to enhance channel to receive state compensation application and to inform of the right to receive state compensation in a systematic and comprehensive manner (One Stop Service) กรมคุ้มครองสิทธิและเสรีภาพ กระทรวงยุติธรรม

17. The 3rd stage (fiscal year of 2015) • Increase number of service points at police stations covering all 76 provinces • Develop mutual declaration on the assistance to people between MOJ and RTP on 23 September 2014 • Sign MOU to provide assistance to victims of crime according to the Compensation and Expenses for Injured Person and the Accused Act B.E. 2544(2001) on 8 December 2014 กรมคุ้มครองสิทธิและเสรีภาพ กระทรวงยุติธรรม

18. Output of the Policy implementation

19. The numbers of applicants for state compensation is gradually increasing during the year 2013-2015 • 2013 increase to 38.62% • 2014 increase to 65.53 % • 2015 increase to 73.13% This statistic shows a comparison between cases taking by police and state compensation applications submitted to RLPD Output of the Policy implementation

20. Statistics show annually increase in provision of victim remedy In the fiscal year of 2012 , the payment for compensation and expenses for Injured Person and the Accused was 206 millions THB. In the fiscal year of 2013-2015, the payment has increased to 267, 360 and 375 millions THB respectively Output of the Policy implementation

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