Thailand : legal memorandum – hearsay evidence and international fair trial standards

Asia
Issue: Advocacy
Document Type: Legal Submission
Date: 2008

This legal memorandum assesses whether recent amendments to provisions regarding the use of hearsay evidence in Thailand’s Criminal Procedure Code are compatible with international fair trial standards. The ICJ is concerned that the amendments reduce important safeguards required to protect individuals from unfair trials.

Thailand-hearsay evidence-legal submission-2008-eng (full text in English, PDF)

Thailand-hearsay evidence-legal submission-2008-tha (full text in Thai, PDF)

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