Discussed: 20 Jul 2024 at 04: 00
The National Human Rights Commission ( NHRC ) has stated that the actions of police officers who released photos and video clips of a 14-year-old boy who killed three people in Siam Paragon last October violated his human rights.
Wasan Paileeklee, a director for the NHRC, stated yesterday that the committee had received complaints from the Union for Civil Liberty in November regarding the distribution of images and video recordings of the youthful criminal on social media.
He claimed that the child protection laws of the United States, the Child Protection Act of 2003, the Juvenile and Family Court and Procedure Act of 2010, as well as the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Convention on the Rights of the Child, apply to toddlers.
The NHRC looked at whether the case involved a violation of human rights in light of applicable animal rights laws.
The officers were convicted of violating the rights of the child, his family, and the protection, reputation, and rights of a third party by preventing a third party from documenting the crime scene and distributing images and video footage of the minor.
According to Mr. Wasan, the authorities may have acted according to the law to control the situation and stop further damage to the public by repressing a problem that the youthful perpetrator was detained and interrogated without the presence of psychology or social employees.
However, their control of the murder scene lacked prudence and was considered violating the boy’s privileges, it said.
The NHRC agreed on Tuesday to demand that the Royal Thai Police check the circumstances surrounding this case.