Contempt of Court Offence in Thailand: Question about Guarantee of Rights and Liberties* ความผิดฐานละเมิดอ�ำนาจศาลในประเทศไทย: ค�ำถามเกี่ยวกับการคุ้มครองต่อสิทธิและเสรีภาพ Aua-aree Engchanil เอื้ออารีย์ อิ้งจะนิล อาจารย์ประจ�ำ คณะนิติศาสตร์ จุฬาลงกรณ์มหาวิทยาลัย ถนนพญาไท แขวงวังใหม่ เขตปทุมวัน กรุงเทพฯ 10330 Full-time Lecturer Faculty of Law, Chulalongkorn University, Phayathai Road, Pathumwan, Bangkok 10330 Corresponding author E-mail: aengchanil@gmail.com (Received: December 27, 2019; Revised: July 14, 2020; Accepted: August 14, 2020)
Abstract The contempt of court has the objective to facilitate a judicial procedure with the greatest efficiency and swiftness as well as to maintain the order within and around the Court’s jurisdiction. In Thailand, there are three different laws applied to contempt of court offences: the Civil Procedure Code, the Administrative Court and Administrative Procedure Act B.E. 2542 (1999), and the Organic Act on Procedures of the Constitutional Court B.E. 2561 (2018). These laws provide different definitions of contempt and their penalties. However, since Thailand is a member of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), the consistency of the provisions on the contempt of court and the position of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights should be considered in order to be aware of the recent situations in Thailand and follow the international standards. Keywords: Contempt of court, fair trial, Constitutional court
This article is part of the research “Guarantee of Rights and Liberties in Contempt of Court Offence”, the group of research including Assoc. Prof. Dr.Aua-aree Engchanil, Dr.Natchapol Jittirat and Wimpat Rajpradit with financial supported by the National Human Rights Commission of Thailand, 2017 *
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