THAILAND'S OBLIGATIONS AS A PARTY TO THE NAGOYA-KUALA LUMPUR SUPPLEMENTARY PROTOCOL ON LIABLITY AND REDRESS TO THE CARTAGENA PROTOCOL ON BIOSAFETY

Abstract

Thailand is preparing to ratify the Nagoya–Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (Supplementary Protocol).The Kingdom lacks a unified law about such matters, instead possessing guidelines in several different laws enforced by a range of government agencies.  Legal loopholes remain, meaning that the Thai legal structure is deficient for the new Supplementary Protocol. Amending laws and adjusting agency functions should increase clarify and efficiency, to better comply with the Supplementary Protocol and obligations under other conventions preserving biological diversity.