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|| Summary of Statistics of Court of Justice

Juvenile and Family Law

The Juvenile and Family Court and Procedure 2010 Act was effective on

22 May 2011. It aims to provide the rights and welfare protection and the practices for

children, youth, women and family members. As a result, the procedure in the
Juvenile and Family Courts involves the convention on the rights of the child and

convention on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women in order

to be in line with the constitution.
Most criminal cases filing to the Juvenile and Family Courts have been applied

special measures for correction, treatment and rehabilitation as showed in table 8.

The implementation of special measure of both Section 90 and Section 132 has more
successful rate than unsuccessful rate.

Table 8. The Number of Cases Delivered to Measures for Correction, Treatment and Rehabilitation

Number of Cases Using Special Measure in Lieu of
Prosecution / Measures for Correction, Treatment

Measures and Rehabilitation

Successful Unsuccessful In Process
Implementation Implementation

Special Measure in Lieu of Prosecution 578 87 729
Section 90
Measures for Correction, Treatment and
Rehabilitation Section 132 9,667 449 8,862

Total 10,245 536 9,591

Moreover, to protect children and reduce domestic violence, Thailand

established the Child Protection Act, B.E. 2546 (2003) and the Victims of
Domestic Violence Victim Protection Act, B.E.2550 (2007).

Table 9. The Number of Cases Submitted and Cases Disposed of under Juvenile and Family
Acts. Case Case Cases disposed

Act.
submitted disposed (%)

The Child Protection Act, B.E. 2546 (2003) 55 52 94.55

The Victims of Domestic Violence Victim 55 43 78.18
Protection Act, B.E.2550 (2007)

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