2007 Thai Constitution

"Thailand Human Development Report"; UNDP (2007)

UN's "Common Country Assessment"- (covers both Thailand's progression towards Millennium Development Goals and rights' progress)

"Securitizing Border-Crossing";Toyota, Mika (2006)- If you want to read one paper on ethnic and minority issues in Thailand, this paper is the absolute best. Toyota looks at the construction of "Thai-ness" and the modern Thai state and then specifically addresses the present concerns of Northern minority groups and their relation to the Thai State. A must read.

IWGIA- International Working Group for Indigenous Affairs- has a variety of publications about global indigenous issues. Though they acknowledge the situation in the South, their focus has always been on Northern minority problems (or minority issues, like the Rohingya, that pour into other Thai regions).

The Indigenous World is IWGIA's annual report on all countries with indigenous populations

Complete IW Thailand Report, 2001-2008

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"Ethnic Group Livelihood Strategies and State Integration: Moken and the Hill People in Negotiation with the State"; Patcharin Nawichai, 2008- Dissertation splt between hil tribe rights issues and the situation among the Moken minority group in the South. Also touchs upon Southern/Malay rights, as well.

Natural Resource Management Country Studies- Thailand; UNDP-RIPP (Regional Indigenous People's Programme), 2005

"Selected Documents on low levels of birth registration for certain groups in Thailand"; Burma Peace Foundation, 2005- A submission to the UN in reaction to Thailand's official submission to the Committee of the Rights of the Child (CRC). Includes excerpts from the official submission, and info on minority citizenship rights, as well as birth registration. (More Documents on Thailand and CRC)

"Stateless and Vulnerable to Human Trafficking in Thailand"; Vital Voices Global Partership, 2007- report on the status of citizenship & birth rights, impediments to enactment of those rights, and organizations working with effected vulnerable communities. Examines both "hilltribe" and refugee situations.

"Ethnic Group Livelihood Strategies and State Integration: Moken and the Hill People in Negotiation with the State"; Patcharin Nawichai, 2008- Dissertation splt between hil tribe rights issues and the situation among the Moken minority group in the South. Also touchs upon Southern/Malay rights, as well.

MOI Policy on Burmese Refugees, 02/07

Overview on the Rights of Migrants in Thailand (web version) (formatting is horrible. Trying to find original copy; apologies)


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"Exploitation in Global Supply Chains: Burmese Migrant Workers in Mae Sot, Thailand"; Arnold, David, 2006- looks at migrant factory labor in Thailand. Though focusing on Mae Sot- Thailand's second largest center of Burmese labor- the reality of life exposed by Mr. Arnold's work would equally apply in Southern/Central industrial-labor centers such as Rayong or Ranong.

“Health concerns of 'invisible' cross-border domestic maids in Thailand”; Toyota, Mika, 2005

International Labor Organization (ILO) report on Migrant Workers in the Thai Agricultural Sector- This report is the result of an extensive survey of Migrant Labor in Samut Sakhon Province and includes rights inforcement, worker awareness and employer attitudes information.

"Stateless and Vulnerable to Human Trafficking in Thailand"; Vital Voices Global Partership, 2007- report on the status of citizenship & birth rights, impediments to enactment of those rights, and organizations working with effected vulnerable communities. Examines both "hilltribe" and refugee situations.