Paper Title
Court of Justice Proceeding in Juvenile Delinquency Case: Where Thailand Goes

Abstract
Thailand has since 1951 enacted laws concerning juveniles committing delinquency. It has been half of the decade in which the special justice system “Juvenile Justice” has been implemented in any related governmental sector in the country. Until now, the third-generation juvenile justice law “Juvenile and Family Court and Procedure Act B.E. 2553 (2010)” has been enforceable. The law has been developed and invented new legal measures to rehabilitate the child or the juvenile delinquent. Moreover, the law is demonstrating the accordance with the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and The United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Administration of Juvenile Justice (the Beijing Rules) which in the meantime, it is showing how Thailand has been developing. Juvenile and Family Court and Procedure Act B.E. 2553 (2010), however, in some sections, still obstruct the juvenile justice system. Section 96 is one of the significant barriers. The section states that the Court of Justice which generally is having the authority for a civil or criminal case may have the jurisdiction on a juvenile delinquency case. This would be worse when the section further states that if the Court of Justice chooses to transfer to the Juvenile and Family Court, all proceeding exercised by the Court of Justice, will be valid, although the proceeding has been done a same as the adult proceeding. This means that the trial for the child or the juvenile delinquent will be the same trial of the adult. Hence, the rights of the child or the juvenile delinquent will not obviously be protected accordingly to the convention. Finally, the study has found that Juvenile and Family Court and Procedure Act B.E. 2553 (2010) Section 96 should be amended stating that the possibility of using legal measures as an adult should not occur. Index Terms - Juvenile Justice, Delinquency, Court Proceeding, Thailand.