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Report of the Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, Juan E. Méndez
The present report focuses on certain forms of abuses in health-care settings that may cross a threshold of mistreatment that is tantamount to torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. It identifies the policies that promote these practices and existing protection gaps.
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Before the Court Appleals of the Kingdom of Cambodia
This submission from Media Defence Southeast Asia (MD-SEA) and the Media Legal Defence Initiative (MLDI) to the Court of Appeals of the Kingdom of Cambodia outlines Cambodia’s obligations under international law regarding freedom of expression.
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Global: HRW Submission to the CEDAW Committee
Human Rights Watch welcomes the opportunity to provide input to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW Committee) for its General Recommendation on access to justice. Human Rights Watch has done extensive research on this topic around the world, on which the following information and recommendations are based.
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Call for Withdrawal of Interpol “Red Notice” Against French Journalist
Reporters Without Borders deplores the seven-year prison sentence imposed in absentia on the French journalist and filmmaker Daniel Lainé by a Phnom Penh court on 29 January for procuring prostitutes, after he investigated human trafficking and prostitution in Cambodia.
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LICADHO Annual Activity Report 2012
Internal Paper; LICADHO’s Annual Activity Report 2012 covers LICADHO’s project activities for the period January 2012 to June 2012. The activity report includes a high-profile cases of land grabbing since January highlight the growing desperation of victims in the face of perpetrators immune from the laws and key human rights issues for the period, activity details of LICADHO’s two programs, LICADHO human resources information, statistics, photos, case studies, and a list of all LICADHO and joint publications produced and distributed during the reporting period.
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Psychosocial Impacts of Land Evictions on Women in Cambodia
The situation of land grabs in Cambodia continues to grow in severity with local advocacy organizations estimating over a quarter of a million Cambodians having already faced eviction, and 150,000 more at risk of losing their land.
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CCHR’s Hotline in 2012 and a New Human Rights Chronology
This edition of the Sithi Project semi-annual newsletter highlights the CCHR Human Rights Hotline statistics for 2012 and some of the key human rights issues that are reported through the Hotline. This issue also provides an overview of the events that took place in Cambodia in celebration of International Human Rights Day in the Kingdom of Cambodia (“Cambodia”), as well as the Sithi Project’s newest endeavor, a human rights chronology.
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Practical Challenges for Maternity Protection in the Cambodian Garment Industry
This report presents the results of research by the ILO on the practical challenges involved in ensuring maternity protection in the Cambodian garment industry.
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The Cambodia Law and Policy Journal
As part of its ongoing Witnessing Justice Project, the Documentation Center of Cambodia (DC-Cam) is pleased to announce Cambodia’s first bi-annual law review published in English and Khmer: The Cambodia Law and Policy Journal (CLPJ).
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Action-Oriented Research on Gender Equality and the Working and Living Conditions of Garment Factory Workers in Cambodia
This study intends to increase understanding on gender equality and discrimination in Cambodia’s garment industry with a view to improve the economic and social well-being of its mostly female workforce and inform the further development of a responsible corporate model of garment production.
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World Report 2013
This 23rd annual World Report summarizes human rights conditions in more than 90 countries and territories worldwide in 2012. It reflects extensive investigative work that Human Rights Watch staff has undertaken during the year, often in close partnership with domestic human rights activists.
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