Complaints Review Process and the Alternative Disputes Resolution regarding Unfair Gender Discrimination according to the Gender Equality Act 2015

Abstract

The purposes of this research were 1) to study the concepts and theories of equality and non-discrimination, especially in the case of gender equality, 2) to study the comparison of laws related to complaint review process and alternative dispute resolution under the Gender Equality Act 2015 and foreign law and 3) to analyze the problems of legal application related to complaint review process and alternative dispute resolution under the Gender Equality Act 2015 and foreign law. It was a qualitative research by using documents from the legal text, articles, thesis to analyze problems and propose solutions. The results of the research showed that 1) all human beings must be recognized and protected under the law equally without unfair gender discrimination according to the principles of equality and non-discrimination that are fundamental to human rights, 2) Thailand should have adopted these principles to protect people who were unfairly gender discriminated against their genders by  enacting the Gender Equality Act 2015, the Gender Equality Discrimination Committee  should consider the petition for unfair gender discrimination. However, there was no provision to adopt alternative disputes to settle the dispute that was different from Australia's gender discrimination laws, 3) the legal proceedings are subject to a considerable amount of time and steps. Most petitions take more than 1 year to be considered, but some petitioners may wish to use alternative dispute resolution methods as an alternative to quickly resolving their disputes, and 4) alternative dispute resolution methods should be used in the process of considering complaints under the Gender Equality Act 2015.