Assessment of Succession of the Justice Fund

Abstract

The objectives of this study were to assess the success of Justice Fund as had been launched since the B.E.2549 – 2556, compare the access to legal aids of Thailand and abroad including seek the roadmap for the development of justice fund to assist the people contributing. Research was conducted through the mixed method both quantitative as of to be survey process and qualitative research through in-depth interview and focus group with the stakeholders in all regions in Thailand. Questionnaire and structural interviewing guideline was the tool to collect data. All data were analysis by using averages, standard deviation, and ANOVA and descriptive method.

The research had revealed as follows;

1. As for the success of Justice Fund operation for purpose since B.E.2549 – 2556, the respondent had expressed their opinions on performing as consistency with the objectives of the overall aspects. It is efficient and effective output as well as the performance of the funding of the funds as in the middle level, but the results (outcome) and sustainability for the effect of the development of a fair fund with a much greater level as such.


2. Within the compares the ability to provide legal aids for the citizens of Thailand and abroad, it was found that majority of foreign countries have been exploring the law problems that people encounter in each area, and then to implement a legal assistance framework to ensure that they meet the true needs and opened a legal aid website where people can access, learn, understand, and be able to file directly through the website including operations are expanded to the mediation and suspend alternative disputes (ADR) is set to provide a community-level legal Assistance Center. On the other hands, Thailand still lacks such surveys and without any website and the justice Fund had not focused on the conflict resolution of the Community.


3. The pursuit of the approach to the development of Thai justice Fund to help the citizens to reach the fair process as a global basis, based on strategic assessments and made as feedback, can be performed: survey area legal problems, improvement of Handbook, counseling, development and application of information technology set up the mean/merit test criterion and make lessons learnt from the error in the past etc.