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Amendment to the Prevention and Suppression of Human Trafficking Act
Type of Measure
Laws > Violence against women > Legislation
Form of Violence
Trafficking
Year
2017
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

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