Thailand’s Constitutional Court unanimously ruled that the country’s military conscription law does not violate the constitution, allowing the case against activist Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal to continue. Netiwit had challenged provisions requiring Thai men to attend military selection and penalising those who refuse, after he publicly declared civil disobedience against conscription on human rights grounds. Read the […]

Thailand’s Constitutional Court will rule on May 12, 2026 on whether the country’s 1954 Military Service Act violates constitutional rights. The case centers on activist Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal, who refused to take part in the military draft lottery at a Samut Prakan conscription center in April 2024, turning his civil disobedience into a constitutional challenge to […]