The Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand B.E 2550 (2007) addresses the issues regarding violence against women in a number of its Sections as follows:
Section 30 : All persons are equal before the law and shall enjoy equal protection under the law. Men and women shall enjoy equal rights.
Section 40. Every child, youth, woman or aging or disabled person shall have the right to appropriate protection in judicial process and shall have the right to appropriate treatment in case relating to sexual offences;
Section 52. Children, youth, women and family members shall have the right to be protected by the State against violence and unfair treatment and shall have the right to medical treatment or rehabilitation upon the occurrence thereof.
Section 81. The State shall act in compliance with the law and justice policies in providing support for the operation of private organizations rendering legal assistance to the public, especially the people who suffer from domestic violence.
Section 84. The State shall act in compliance with the economic policy in promoting people of working age to obtain employment, protecting child and woman labour, providing the system of labour relations and tripartism entitling labour to elect their representatives, providing social security and ensuring labour working at equal value to obtain wages, benefits and welfares upon fair and indiscriminate basis;