Abstract:
The objectives of this research were: 1) to study the role and missions of Thai Court of Justice that related to the security cases in southern border provinces 2) to study problems and obstacles in improving the efficiency of the courts security case management in southern border provinces and 3) to provide the guideline to administer the security cases of the Thai Court of Justice in the southern border provinces. The samples of the study include supreme court executives and administrators, supreme court judges, court of appeal (region 9) administrators, court of justice administrators, civil court administrators, civil court judge who stationed in the Thai southern border provinces, public prosecutors, military officers, police officers, specialists of terrorism cases, attorney, academicians and other related stakeholders. All key informants were selected by their direct experiences from career and responsibility toward the security missions in the southern border provinces of Thailand. The research techniques include in-depth interviews, focus group session and content analysis.
The conclusions based on the result of study were to manage the security cases of the court of justice in southern border provinces of Thailand under the framework of the New Public Governance (NPG) in order to cope with changes in the current public management context where cooperative networks from all the social sectors are required to solve problem and to alleviate crises. In accordance with the judiciarys mission, the quality of judicial procedures must be improved to meet the complexity of global society. The efficiency in protecting people human rights and freedom are required as well as the adaptation of good governance principle including the rules of law, merit system, transparency, participation, accountability and the economy of management and the maximization of resource utilization for public values. Lastly, the reconciliation concept is needed for ensuring the harmony of coexistence living, all enable peace building and security in the southern border provinces of Thailand.