Chapter 5: Conclusion
5.2 Strengths and Weakness of Approach
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culture in which verbal-based communication is practiced more frequently than the written-form. For example, establishing more local People’s Juries may be more useful than merely emphasising the official judicial process. Apart from that, promoting awareness for social responsibility, especially educating people about active citizenship and introducing a new social code of self respect and self-reliance can be built into the existing educational curriculum at all levels.
Finally, an increase of FOEI practices in Thailand is foreseen if Thai citizens are well-aware of their rights and realise the importance of proactively practice their rights to access, seek, receive and impart information without any fear.
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