World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples

General

Aphornsuvan, T., ‘The search for order: constitutions and human rights in Thai political history', paper presented at 2001 Symposium: Constitutions and Human Rights in a Global Age: An Asia Pacific perspective, URL: http://rspas.anu.edu.au/pah/human_rights/papers/2001/Thanet.pdf

Asian Human Rights Commission http://www.ahrchk.net/

Asian Human Rights Commission, ‘Thailand: the human rights situation in 2006', URL: http://material.ahrchk.net/hrreport/2006/Thailand2006.pdf

Asian Legal Resource Center, ‘Rule of law versus rule of lords in Thailand', Article 2, vol. 4, no. 2, April 2005, URL: http://www.article2.org/mainfile.php/0402/185/

Asian Legal Resource Centre, Institutionalised Torture, Extrajudicial Killings and Uneven Application of Law in Thailand: An alternative report to the initial report of Thailand to the Human Rights Committee, March 2005, URL: http://www.alrc.net/MSWord/ALRC_HRC_Thailand_2005.doc

Human Rights First, ‘Memo to the Human Rights Committee on civil and political rights in Thailand', July 2005, URL: http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/defenders/hrd_thailand/thailand-report-0705.pdf

Human Rights First, ‘Window of opportunity for human rights in Thailand', 1 November 2006, http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/defenders/hrd_thailand/alert110106_tanyeeno.htm

Human Rights, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Thailand: http://www.mfa.go.th/web/24.php

Jory, P., ‘Multiculturism in Thailand? Cultural and regional resurgence in a diverse kingdom', Harvard Asia Pacific Review, winter 2000, URL: http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~hapr/winter00_millenium/Thailand.html

Muntarbhorn, V., ‘Human rights and human development: Thailand country study', UNDP Occasional Paper 36, http://hdr.undp.org/en/reports/global/hdr2000/papers/vitit%20muntarbhorn.thainland.doc

Pholsena, V., ‘Inclusion of minorities in public life in Laos, Thailand and Vietnam' prepared for Working Group on the Rights of Minorities, 2003, UN Doc. E/CN.4/Sub.2/AC.5/2003/WP.11, URL: http://www.unhchr.ch/Huridocda/Huridoca.nsf/(Symbol)/E.CN.4.SUB.2.AC.5.2003.WP.11.En?Opendocument

Privacy International, ‘Kingdom of Thailand', in Privacy and Human Rights 2003, URL: http://www.privacyinternational.org/survey/phr2003/countries/thailand.htm

Chinese

Barbie, J., ‘Chinese culture and demographic trends in Thailand and Malaysia', Chinese Journal of Population Science, vol. 4, no. 2, 1992, pp. 139-48.

Bun, C.K. and Kiong, T.C., ‘Rethinking assimilation and ethnicity: the Chinese in Thailand', International Migration Review, vol. 27, no. 101, 1993, pp. 140-68.

Ember, M., Ember, C.R. and Skoggard, I. (eds), ‘Chinese in Thailand', in Encyclopaedia of Diasporas, New York, Springer, 2005

Lauro, D., ‘Chinese migration and settlement in a Thai village', International Migration, vol. 26, no. 3, 1988, pp. 301-10.

LePoer, B.L., ‘The Chinese', in Thailand: A Country Study, US Library of Congress, 1987, URL: http://countrystudies.us/thailand/48.htm

Minorities at Risk, ‘Assessment for Chinese in Thailand', University of Maryland, URL: http://www.cidcm.umd.edu/inscr/mar/assessment.asp?groupId=80001

Pan, L., The Encyclopedia of the Chinese Overseas, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1999.

Skinner, W., Chinese Society in Thailand: An Analytical History, ACLS History E-Book Project, 1999.

Somers Heidhues, M. et al., The Chinese of South-East Asia, London, MRG, 1992.

Tan, M., ‘Chinese in Thailand', 18 January 2006, URL: http://www.tsinoy.com/article_item.php?articleid=664

Tong, C.K., Bun, C.K., Kung, C.K. and Chan K.B. (eds), Alternate Identities: The Chinese in Contemporary Thailand, Asian Social Science Series, Leiden, Brill Academic Publishers, 2001.

Malay

Aphornsuvan, T., ‘Origins of Malay Muslim ‘separatism' in southern Thailand', Asia Research Institute, Working Paper Series No. 32, National University of Singapore, October 2004, URL: http://www.ari.nus.edu.sg/docs/wps/wps04_032.pdf

Burutpat, K., Thai-Muslims, Bangkok, Phrae Pitaya, 1976.

Che Man, W.K., Muslim Separatism: The Moros of Southern Philippines and the Malays of Southern Thailand, Singapore, Oxford University Press, 1990.

Croissant, A., ‘Unrest in South Thailand: contours, causes, and consequences since 2001', Strategic Insights, vol. 4, no. 2, February 2005, URL: http://www.ccc.nps.navy.mil/si/2005/Feb/croissantfeb05.asp

Forbes, A. (ed.) The Muslims of Thailand, Bihar, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, 1989.

International Crisis Group, ‘Southern Thailand: insurgency, not jihad', Asia Report 98, 18 May 2005, URL: http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?action=login&ref_id=3436

Islam, S.S., ‘The Islamic independence movements in Patani of Thailand and Mindanao of the Philippines', Asian Survey, vol. 38, no. 5, May 1998, pp. 441-56.

May, R.J., ‘The religious factor in three minority movements: the Moro of the Philippines, the Malays of Thailand, and Indonesia's West Papuans', Contemporary Southeast Asia, vol. 13, no. 4, March 1992, pp. 397-402.

Minorities at Risk, ‘Assessment for Malay-Muslims in Thailand', University of Maryland, URL: http://www.cidcm.umd.edu/inscr/mar/assessment.asp?groupId=80002

Patani Malay Human Rights Organisation, ‘The Malays of Pattani: Its Rise and Demise', URL: http://www.pmhro.net/?S=ReadPatani&ID=6

Patani News: http://www.pataninews.net/

Pitsuwan, S., Islam and Malay Nationalism: A Case Study of the Malay Muslims of Southern Thailand, Bangkok, Thai Khadi Research Institute, Thammasat University, 1985.

Zissis, C., ‘The Muslim insurgency in Southern Thailand', Council of Foreign Relations, 1 February 2007, URL: http://www.cfr.org/publication/12531/muslim_insurgency_in_southern_thailand.html#5

Mon and Khmer

Foster, B., Commerce and Ethnic Differences: The Case of the Mons in Thailand, Athens, Ohio University Press, 1982.

Foster, B., Social Organization of four Mon and Thai Village, New Haven, CT, Human Relations Area Files Press, 1977.

Guillon, E., The Mons, A Civilization of Southeast Asia, Bangkok, The Siam Society, 1999.

Independent Mon News Agency: http://www.mrc-usa.org/

LePoer, B.L. (ed.) ‘The Khmer', in Thailand: A Country Study, US Library of Congress, 1987, URL: http://countrystudies.us/thailand/45.htm

LePoer, B.L. (ed.) ‘The Mon and the Khmer', in  Thailand: A Country Study US Library of Congress, 1987, http://countrystudies.us/thailand/4.htm

Mon Information Home Page : http://www.albany.edu/~gb661/

Pholwaddhana, N., ‘Ethnic relations in Thailand the Mon-Thai relationship', PhD thesis, University of Kansas, 1986.

Raikes, D.F, A Brief History of the Mon People, Bangkok, The Siam Society, 1975.

Thianpanya, P., ‘Mon language in Thailand: the endangered heritage', Assumption Commercial College, Bangkok, 2003, URL: http://www.ibiblio.org/obl/docs/Mon%20Language%20in%20Thailand.htm

Highland and ethnic groups

Asian Centre for Human Rights, Thailand: Not So Smiling to its Indigenous Hill Tribes, Shadow report on Thailand's Initial Periodic Report to the Human Rights Committee, 2005, URL: http://www.achrweb.org/Review/2005/81-05.htm

Buergin, R., ‘ "Hill Tribes" and forests: minority policies and resource conflicts in Thailand', Working Group, Socio-Economics of Forest Use in the Tropics and Subtropics, University of Freiburg, 2000, URL: http://www.sefut.uni-freiburg.de/pdf/WP_7e.pdf

Cohen, E., Thai Tourism: Hill Tribes, Islands and Open-ended Prostitution, Bangkok, White Lotus, 1996.

Hill Tribes of Thailand: http://www.fluffy.demon.nl/asiase/seatri.htm

Human Rights Council of Australia, ‘The Hill Tribes of Northern Thailand: development in conflict with human rights - report of a visit in September 1996', URL: http://www.hrca.org.au/Tribes.htm

‘Introduction to Thailand's Hill Tribes', URL: http://www.1stopchiangmai.com/culture/hill_tribes/

Lee, G., ‘Minority politics in Thailand: a Hmong perspective', 1987, URL: http://www.hmongnet.org/hmong-au/thaihmg.htm

Macan-Markar, M., ‘Thailand: fear of expulsion haunts Hill Tribes', Asia Times, 30 July 2003, URL: http://www.globalpolicy.org/nations/sovereign/sover/emerg/2003/0730thailand.htm

McKinnon, J. and Bhruksasri, W., Highlanders of Thailand, Singapore, Oxford University Press, 1986.

Minorities at Risk, ‘Assessment for Northern Hill Tribes in Thailand', University of Maryland, URL: http://www.cidcm.umd.edu/inscr/mar/assessment.asp?groupId=80003

Physicians for Human Rights, ‘Burmese and Hill Tribe women and girls without status in Thailand at unaddressed risk of human rights abuses and HIV/AIDS', 14 July 2004, URL: http://physiciansforhumanrights.org/library/news-2004-07-14.html

REST (Responsible Ecological Social Tours) ‘Community-based tourism and indigenous peoples: challenge and opportunity', URL: http://www.rest.or.th/forum/medias/Hill_Tribes_and_Cultural_Tourism_in_Thailand.doc

Thailand Online, ‘The Hmong', URL: http://www.thailine.com/thailand/english/hill-e/hmong-e.htm

Thailand Online, ‘The Karen', URL: http://www.thailine.com/thailand/english/hill-e/karen-e.htm

Thailand Online, ‘The Lisu', URL: http://www.thailine.com/thailand/english/hill-e/lisu-e.htm

Thailand Online, ‘The Yao', URL: http://www.thailine.com/thailand/english/hill-e/yao-e.htm

Thailex (Thai Travel Dictionary), ‘Hill Tribe people and other minority groups in Thailand', URL: http://www.thailex.info/THAILEX/THAILEXENG/lexicon/Etnologie%20&%20Bergvolkeren%20Tekst.htm