Office of the Attorney General of the Kingdom of Thailand　

Under the Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand, B.E. 2560 (2017), the Office of the Attorney General ("OAG") is designated as one of the independent organizations under the Constitution.  The OAG is the principal agency responsible for criminal prosecutions, providing legal advice to state agencies, representing the government in court, and facilitating international cooperation in criminal matters.  The OAG operates autonomously in its prosecutorial functions and the administration of justice without any political influence.  The personnel management, budgetary affairs, and other activities of the OAG are also independent and separate from those of ordinary civil servants.

One notable responsibility of the OAG is its extraterritorial investigative power.  When an offence punishable under Thai law is committed outside the Kingdom of Thailand, the Attorney General serves as the responsible inquiry official.  Additionally, the OAG facilitates international cooperation in criminal matters, with the Attorney General acting as the Central Authority in Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters and Extradition, and also as the Central Authority under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction.

These enhanced roles and responsibilities empower the OAG to render justice to people both domestically and internationally.  The OAG responds to the current pattern of crimes, increasingly perpetrated not only within the jurisdiction but also across borders in the form of transnational organized crimes.  Moreover, the OAG continues to collaborate closely with prosecutorial agencies in different jurisdictions to facilitate inter-agency cooperation.