#PeoplePower ✊ On 9 November, Thailand went through its fourth Universal Periodic Review (UPR IV). On 10 November, Thai civil society groups respond.

On 9 November, Thailand received 297 recommendations from UN Member States during its fourth Universal Periodic Review (UPR IV), covering a broad range of human rights issues. Yet behind these diplomatic commitments are communities whose lands, bodies and freedoms remain under attack by intersecting systems of oppression.

Today, civil society called on the Thai government to move beyond diplomatic promises and address the structural inequalities sustaining human rights violations.

Across three interconnected areas, our demands remain clear:

⚖️ CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS: Protect freedom of expression and peaceful assembly, end judicial harassment and criminalisation of dissent, confront transnational repression (TNR) targeting political refugees and human rights defenders across borders, and ensure accountability for state violence.

🌱 LAND AND ENVIRONMENTAL RIGHTS: End the criminalisation and dispossession of Indigenous Peoples and forest communities, reject false climate solutions and advance climate justice and corporate accountability.

🏳️‍🌈 EQUALITY AND BODILY AUTONOMY: Dismantle systemic discrimination against LGBTIQ+ communities, legal gender recognition, and guarantee accessible reproductive healthcare.

🔥 The UPR must not become another state-centred diplomatic performance. A decolonial, intersectional feminist approach demands shifting power towards grassroots communities, whose lived experiences and resistance must shape human rights accountability.

297 recommendations mean nothing if they remain words on paper. The review is over. The struggle for justice continues.

🔗 Read the full joint press release: bit.ly/PostUPRIVen

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