"If they go scot-free, the tortures and enforced disappearances will never end," she said. She said core principles of the bill must be kept intact, including that the statute of limitation in crimes of torture and enforced disappearances must be infinite. Section 11 outlaws acts of torture and enforced disappearances regardless of national emergencies, war or security situations. Between 2017 and 2020, the Justice Ministry received 258 complaints of torture and five complaints of enforced disappearances. These include what criminally constitutes torture and enforced disappearances; the lack of stipulation of actions deemed as cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment.

Source: Bangkok Post October 09, 2021 22:18 UTC