On 1 September 2025, Mrs. Eksiri Pintaruchi, Permanent Secretary for Foreign Affairs, chaired the first meeting of the Thai National Committee for International Humanitarian Law (IHL). The National Committee on IHL was approved by the Cabinet in October 2024. The Committee serves as the main national focal point on IHL, provides advice to the Government on national obligations towards the IHL, and promotes awareness and understanding amongst the relevant government agencies.

The Meeting took note of the outcome of the 34th International Committee of the Red Cross and Red Crescent (ICRCRC) in October 2024 in Geneva, the official visit to Thailand of the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to deliver a lecture at the 11th Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Lecture on International Humanitarian Law on 18 August 2025, as well as the role of the ICRC in the Thailand - Cambodia border situation.

In addition, the Committee members reported on the progress in implementation of the eight pledges that Thailand announced at the 34th ICRCRC and exchanged views on ways to further promote the IHL at the national level. They also endorsed the establishment of a subcommittee under the National Committee, to review and revise domestic laws in relations to the IHL, consider possibilities of becoming party to additional relevant IHL instruments, and follow-up on Thailand’s pledges with a view to achieving progress and tangible outcomes at the national level.