The Constitutional Court ruled on Tuesday (12 May) that Sections 27 and 45 of the Military Service Act do not violate the Constitution, after a petition was filed by the Samut Prakan District Court on a request from activist and conscientious objector Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal.

A 26-year-old man staged a solo protest on 11 April at a military conscription centre in Sa Kaeo’s Wang Nam Yen district against compulsory military conscription in Thailand.

The trial has begun of activist and conscientious objector Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal, charged with draft evasion for refusing to take part in military conscription as an act of protest against compulsory military service. At the end of witness examination, Netiwit requested that the Samut Prakan District Court petition the Constitutional Court to rule whether the Military Service Act is unconstitutional.

Activist and conscientious objector Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal has been indicted for draft evasion for protesting military conscription by refusing to participate in the draft in April 2024.

Activist and conscientious objector Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal has been charged with draft evasion after he refused to participate in the military conscription process.

In an act of civil disobedience, student activist and conscientious objector Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal went to a military conscription centre in Samut Prakan’s Bang Pu District and announced that he will not participate in the conscription process.