AI happy with NLA's vote against enforced-disappearance
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Amnesty International Monday welcomed the vote by the National Legislative Assembly (NLA) last week to ratify the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (ICPPED).
This is an important step towards combating enforced disappearances and securing truth and justice for victims, including family members, it said in a statement released Monday.
The decision came shortly before the 13th anniversary of the enforced disappearance of human rights lawyer Somchai Neelapaijit, who was abducted in Bangkok on this day in 2004.
Amnesty International urged authorities to avoid further delays in ratifying the treaty and to ensure that its obligations to prevent and protect against disappearances become a
domestic reality.
