CERD/C/THA/CO/4-8

Thailand (CERD 10 February 2022)

The Committee considered the combined fourth to eighth periodic reports of Thailand, submitted in one document, at its 2847th and 2848th meetings,2 held on 22 and 23 November 2021. At its 2861st meeting, held on 1 December, it adopted the following concluding observations.

Concluding observations on the combined fourth to eighth reports of Thailand

C. Concerns and recommendations

Intersecting and multiple forms of discrimination

13. The Committee notes with concern the reports of intersecting and multiple forms of
discrimination faced by women, children, persons with disabilities and lesbian, gay, bisexual,
transgender and intersex persons belonging to ethnic and ethno-religious groups or
indigenous peoples, or those who are migrants, refugees or asylum seekers. The Committee
notes with concern the reports of various specific barriers faced by these groups in the
exercise of their civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, in particular access to
education, health care and employment (arts. 1–2 and 5).

14. The Committee recommends that the State party take all measures necessary to
combat the intersecting and multiple forms of discrimination faced by women, children,
persons with disabilities and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons
belonging to ethnic and ethno-religious groups, indigenous peoples, or those who are
migrants, refugees or asylum seekers, including by mainstreaming gender, age,
disability, and sexual orientation and gender identity into its measures, including
legislative and policy measures, to combat racial discrimination.