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Ministry of Social Development and Human Security
กระทรวงการพัฒนาสังคมและความมั่นคงของมนุษย์
Enabling Act
Reorganization of Ministry Act B.E. 2545
Scope
Anti-trafficking, child protection, women's rights, elderly affairs, disability rights, and homelessness services. Houses the Anti-Trafficking in Persons (ATIP) Division and the Department of Children and Youth (DCY).
Key Powers
- • Lead anti-trafficking response under the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act B.E. 2551 (2008)
- • Operate child-protection services (shelters, family-court coordination)
- • Administer the Disability Empowerment Fund
- • Issue elderly-welfare benefits
Enforcement Examples
- Annual TIP rescue and prosecution statistics (US TIP-Report-tracked)
- Child-shelter inspections
Publication Channel
Royal Gazette + msociety.go.th
Contact Channel
1300 (MSDHS hotline) · [email protected]
How Foreigners Interact
Foreign victims of trafficking receive shelter and consular coordination through ATIP; foreign parents of Thai children may engage DCY in custody and welfare matters.
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