The "Bad Students" Movement and Human Rights in Contemporary Thailand

The present paper explores the role of the “Bad Students” Movement in Thailand’s pro-democracy protests.  Local  issues  such  as  the  social  studies  curriculum,  school  uniforms,  and  disciplinary measures in the public school system, are presented by the “Bad Students” Movement as a human rights  issue. The  discourse  used  by  the  Group  is  deconstructed  so  as  to  identify  some  of  the problems posed by the use of the broader human rights language to challenge strongly held mores and norms of the Thai education system.