Miss Pitikan SithidejDeputy Director-General

The Department of Rights and Liberties ProtectionMinistry of Justice

Southeast Asia Region 77 provinces and Bangkok is

a capital city Total population : 64,785,909

persons 1 THB = 1.90 Bhutanese

Ngultrum GDP : 12,424 thousand

million bath Income / head / year =

183,803 bath

Democratic Society with Constitutional Monarchy System

Mixed Legal system between Common Law and Civil Law Justice System is similar to other countries with a number of

agencies involved

Number of organization working on legal aid in pre – trial , during – trial , and post – trial process.

Lack of integration and cooperation

No national law and system on legal aid

1. Guarantee for release on bail

2. Lawyer fee

3. Court fee

4. Expenses for any kind of examination under criminal proceeding e.g. forensic examination

5. Expenses for the applicant e.g expenses related to transportation and accommodation

6. Expenses for crime prevention e.g. expenses related to witness protection

7. Expenses for damages from criminal act

8. Any other expenses as appropriate

ObjectivesObjectives

Statistic : Justice Fund from the year 2006 – 2014

List 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Total

IncomeReceived from Government

20,000,000

634.33 20,051,749.89

30,293,932.89

104,921.05

70,040,917.24

72,512,531.44

119,340,165.61

11

93,4 0 ,16

5.61

428,011,562.74

Expensed1. Guarantee for release on bail

- 12,183.02

1,283,000

3,955,000.00

14,703,000.00

69,925,000.00

42,682,000.00

56,000,000.00

34,834,600.00

223,394,783.02

2. Lawyer fee

- 228,195.00

1,652,994.00

1,755,854.00

949,398.00

2,410,620.00

1,431,682.00

4,328,153.00

5,203,153.00

17,960,249.00

3.Court fee - 337,277.43

766,521.00

996,553.75

402,576.00

1,499,512.00

1,670,935.57

1,975,771.00

2,395,469.00

10,044,615.75

4.Examination fee e.g. forensic examination

- - - - 22,000.00

99,805.00

211,290.00

401,045.00

1,017,338.00

1,751,478.00

5.Expenses for applicant e.g.

- - - - - 33,500.00

28,451.00

76,520.00

62,255.00

200,726.00

6. Witness protection

- - - - 434,400.00

- - - - 434,400.00

7. Group of criminal acts

- - - - 200,000.00

- - 30,000.00

- 230,000.00

8. Other expenses

- - - - 2,304,139.00

2,168,058.00

1,094,783.00

26,640.00

100,000.00

5,693,620.00

Total Expenses

- 577,655.45

3,702,515

6,707,4047.75

19,015,513.00

76,136,495.00

47,119,141.00

62,838,129.00

43,613,015.00

259,709,871.77

Cases related to political situation

“Nong Air” Case

Case related to Karen people at Kang Krajan

“Jamtar” Case

Case relate to DNA assessment

• Responsible agencies to provide legal assistance

• Budget

• Law

• Public Relations

• International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights(ICCPR)

• United Nations Principles and Guidelines on Access to Legal Aid in Criminal Justice Systems

Based on

• Status of Justice Fund

• Source of fund

• Objectives of Justice Fund

• Linkage with local administrative body

• Establishment of Justice Fund Committee

• Acceleration of consideration and approval of Justice Fund

• Empowerment for officers working related to Justice Fund

• Making annual contracts with lawyers

• Using bail-approval letter instead of money or property to guarantee releasing on bail

• Setting up independent committee to check and balance the work of Justice Fund

• Appointment of competent officers

• Providing support for non-governmental organizations

• Individual

• Society

• Country

Thank you for your attention