UPR Joint Submission: Access to Justice in Cambodia (Fourth Cycle, 46th session in 2024)

• Released Date: 20-Feb-2024
• Publication: Report

The joint submission to the 4th Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the Kingdom of Cambodia (Cambodia) was prepared by the ‘Coalition for Access to Justice’ (Coalition) comprised of the Centre for Law & Transformative Change (CLTC), the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) and the Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC). The submission is endorsed by Cambodian Human Rights Action Coalition, Advocacy and Policy Institute, Legal Aid Cambodia, Community Legal Education Centre, Gender and Development for Cambodia, and Transparency International Cambodia.

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Annual Report on Fair Trial Rights, Outlining Key Findings from its Monitoring at Four Courts of Appeal in 2022

• Released Date: 13-Dec-2023
• Publication: Report

CCHR’s Fair Trial Rights Project releases its Annual Report on “Fair Trial Rights in Cambodia, Monitoring at the Phnom Penh, Battambang, Tboung Khmum and Preah Sihanouk Courts of Appeal”, covering the period from 1 January to 31 December 2022. This Report analyzes data gathered through the daily monitoring of 521 randomly selected criminal cases involving 724 defendants at the four Courts mentioned above, using a specifically designed trial-monitoring checklist to assess adherence to national and international fair trial rights standards.

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Annual report “Fair Trial Rights in Cambodia (Jan-Dec 2021)

• Released Date: 12-Jun-2023
• Publication: Report

CCHR’s Fair Trial Rights Project releases its annual report “Fair Trial Rights in Cambodia, Monitoring at the Phnom Penh Court of Appeal”, covering the period 1 January to 31 December 2021. This Report analyzes data gathered through the daily monitoring of 85 randomly selected criminal cases at the Phnom Penh Court of Appeal, using a specifically designed trial-monitoring checklist to assess adherence to fair trial rights as set out in international and Cambodian law.

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Fair Trial Rights in Cambodia Monitoring at the Court of Appeal Annual Report (1 November 2019 - 31 December 2020)

• Released Date: 23-Nov-2021
• Publication: Report

Today, CCHR’s Fair Trial Rights Project releases its annual report “Fair Trial Rights in Cambodia, Monitoring at the Court of Appeal”, covering the period 1 November 2019 to 31 December 2020. This Report analyzes data gathered through the daily monitoring of 203 randomly selected criminal cases at the Court of Appeal in Phnom Penh, using a specifically designed trial-monitoring checklist to assess adherence to fair trial rights as set out in international and Cambodian law.

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Fair Trial Rights in Cambodia Monitoring at the Court of Appeal Annual Report (1 November 2018-31 October 2019)

• Released Date: 07-Oct-2020
• Publication: Report

Today, CCHR’s Fair Trial Rights Project releases its annual report “Fair Trial Rights in Cambodia, Monitoring at the Court of Appeal”, covering the period 1 November 2018 to 31 October 2019. This Report analyzes data gathered through the daily monitoring of 239 randomly selected criminal cases at the Court of Appeal in Phnom Penh, using a specifically designed trial-monitoring checklist to assess adherence to fair trial rights as set out in international and Cambodian law.

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Fair Trial Rights in Cambodia Monitoring at the Court of Appeal Annual Report (1 November 2017-31 October 2018)

• Released Date: 21-Oct-2019
• Publication: Report

Today, CCHR’s Fair Trial Rights Project releases its annual report on “Fair Trial Rights in Cambodia, Monitoring at the Court of Appeal” covering the period of 1 November 2017 to 31 October 2018. It analyzes the data gathered through the daily monitoring of 213 randomly selected criminal cases at the Court of Appeal in Phnom Penh, using a specifically designed trial-monitoring checklist in order to assess adherence to fair trial rights as set out in international and Cambodian law.

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3rd Cycle of UPR Report on the Access to Justice

• Released Date: 12-Jul-2018
• Publication: Report

Joint Submission to the Human Rights Council of the United Nations Third Universal Periodic Review of the Kingdom of Cambodia on the Access to Justice in Cambodia

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Fair Trial Rights in Cambodia, Monitoring at the Court of Appeal

• Released Date: 19-Jun-2018
• Publication: Report

Today, CCHR’s Fair Trial Rights Project releases its annual report on “Fair Trial Rights in Cambodia, Monitoring at the Court of Appeal” covering the period of 1 November 2016 to 31 October 2017. It analyzes the data gathered through the daily monitoring of 340 randomly selected criminal cases at the Court of Appeal in Phnom Penh, using a specifically designed trial-monitoring checklist in order to assess adherence to fair trial rights as set out in international and Cambodian law

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Mini Report: Fair Trial Rights at the Court of Appeal 2015

• Released Date: 15-Jul-2015
• Publication: Report

The Project has collected and analyzed data from trial monitoring conducted at the Court of Appeal over one year – between 01 July 2014 and 30 June 2015 - to identify which fair trial rights have been upheld by the Court of Appeal and which are at risk. During this period, the Project monitored 128 cases.

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Fair Trial Rights in Cambodia: Monitoring at the Court of Appeal

• Released Date: 23-Jun-2014
• Publication: Report

CCHR’s Trial Monitoring Project (the “Project”) has collected data from the monitoring of 204 criminal trials at the Court of Appeal between 1 March 2013 and 31 January 2014 (the “Reporting Period”) in order to assess its adherence to fair trial rights as set out in international and Cambodian law. The Report presents and analyzes the data collected during the Reporting Period.

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Analysis on Judicial Draft Laws

• Released Date: 16-May-2014
• Publication: Report

This legal analysis is conducted with an aim to examine the scope of powers of the legislative and executive bodies as enshrined in the three important draft laws concerning the judicial powers, namely draft Law on the Organization and Functioning of the Supreme Council of Magistracy, and draft Law on the Statute of Judges and Prosecutors, and draft Law on Organization and Functioning of the Courts.

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Fair Trial Rights in Cambodia: Sixth Bi-annual Report

• Released Date: 04-Dec-2013
• Publication: Report

The Report is an output of the Cambodian Trial Monitoring Project (the “Project”), implemented by CCHR. It presents and analyzes data collected from the monitoring of 354 trials involving 719 individuals accused of criminal offenses at Phnom Penh Capital City Court of First Instance (the “Phnom Penh Court”), Banteay Meanchey Provincial Court of First Instance (the “Banteay Meanchey Court”) and Ratanakiri Provincial Court of First Instance (the “Ratanakiri Court”) between 1 January 2012 and 30 June 2012 (the “Sixth Reporting Period.”) This is the sixth bi-annual report from the Project.

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