Tomorrow should have been a historic day for human rights in Thailand. It should have been a time for human rights advocates and the public to celebrate because the Prevention and Suppression of Torture and Enforced Disappearance Act -- a crucial piece of legislation which took 14 years to pass -- was supposed to come into effect.
But the celebrations are likely to be tepid at best, as the cabinet decided last Tuesday to postpone the enforcement of articles 22, 23, 24 and 25 of the act for another seven months.
