Human rights advocate Angkhana Neelapaijit has been nominated to join the National Human Rights Commission.
Ms Angkhana, who is chairwoman of the Working Group for Peace and Justice, is among seven nominees picked by a selection committee after it had considered 121 people between May 25 and June 15 this year.
Ms Angkhana's human rights work involves monitoring justice issues, following the mysterious disappearance of her husband, Somchai, a human rights lawyer, 11 years ago.
Rights groups feared he was killed because of his criticism of police conduct toward the clients he represented in a case related to the southern insurgency.
Ms Angkhana continued to investigate allegations of police abuse in in the South despite anonymous threats. Besides continuing to press for justice in her husband's case, Ms Angkhana has become a high-profile advocate for the missing throughout Asia in cases where the abductors are believed to be agents of the state.
The outgoing National Human Rights Commission has been criticised for its leniency toward rights violations in recent political protests.
It's unclear if the successors will be more influential. The government has been criticised by overseas rights group for restricting speech and assembly freedoms and prosecuting dissent and other sensitive cases in military rather than civilian courts.