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CCHR Releases a Legal Analysis of the Charging and Sentencing of 13 Boeung Kak Representatives on 24 May 2012
On 24 May 2012, 13 female representatives of the evicted communities at Boeung Kak were charged, tried, sentenced and imprisoned over the course of a single day. They were charged at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court under Article 504 of the Penal Code 2009 (Aggravating Circumstances (Obstruction of Public Official)) and Article 34 of the Land Law 2001 (Illegal Occupation of Land) (the “Charges”). Seven women were sentenced to two years and six months in prison, five to two years (with six months’ suspended sentence), and a 72-year-old to a year (with a year and six months’ suspended sentence).
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CCHR Releases a Legal Analysis of the Charging and Sentencing of 13 Boeung Kak Representatives on 24 May 2012
On 24 May 2012, 13 female representatives of the evicted communities at Boeung Kak were charged, tried, sentenced and imprisoned over the course of a single day. They were charged at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court under Article 504 of the Penal Code 2009 (Aggravating Circumstances (Obstruction of Public Official)) and Article 34 of the Land Law 2001 (Illegal Occupation of Land) (the “Charges”). Seven women were sentenced to two years and six months in prison, five to two years (with six months’ suspended sentence), and a 72-year-old to a year (with a year and six months’ suspended sentence).
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Legal Analysis of the Charging and Sentencing of 13 Boeung Kak Community Representatives on 24 May 2012 _Criminal Case Number 1576_24_05_2012
On 24 May 2012, 13 female representatives of the evicted communities at Boeung Kak were charged, tried, sentenced and imprisoned over the course of a single day.1 The women are: Tep Vanny, Heng Mom, Chheng Leap, Kong Chantha, Tol Sreypov, Phann Chhunreth, Pov Sophea, Soung Sakmai, Chan Navy, Tho Davy, Ngoun Kimleang, Song Sreyleap and Nget Khun.2 They were charged at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court under Article 504 of the Penal Code 2009 (Aggravating Circumstances (Obstruction of Public Official)) and Article 34 of the Land Law 2001 (Illegal Occupation of Land) (the “Charges”).3
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ASEAN Legal and Judicial Cooperation Workshop
In collaboration with the U.S. Government and the Cambodian Ministry of Justice, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Secretariat will present on June 12-13, 2012 the ASEAN Legal and Judicial Cooperation Workshop entitled Strengthening Members’ Participation in Legal Information Networks.
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ASEAN Legal and Judicial Cooperation Workshop
In collaboration with the U.S. Government and the Cambodian Ministry of Justice, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Secretariat will present on June 12-13, 2012 the ASEAN Legal and Judicial Cooperation Workshop entitled Strengthening Members’ Participation in Legal Information Networks.
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CCHR Releases a Legal Analysis of the Charging and Sentencing of 13 Boeung Kak Representatives on 24 May 2012
On 24 May 2012, 13 female representatives of the evicted communities at Boeung Kak were charged, tried, sentenced and imprisoned over the course of a single day. They were charged at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court under Article 504 of the Penal Code 2009 (Aggravating Circumstances (Obstruction of Public Official)) and Article 34 of the Land Law 2001 (Illegal Occupation of Land) (the “Charges”). Seven women were sentenced to two years and six months in prison, five to two years (with six months’ suspended sentence), and a 72-year-old to a year (with a year and six months’ suspended sentence).
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ASEAN Legal and Judicial Cooperation Workshop
In collaboration with the U.S. Government and the Cambodian Ministry of Justice, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Secretariat will present on June 12-13, 2012 the ASEAN Legal and Judicial Cooperation Workshop entitled Strengthening Members’ Participation in Legal Information Networks.
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2012 Trafficking in Persons Report - Cambodia
Cambodia is a source, transit, and destination country for men, women, and children who are subjected to forced labor and sex trafficking. Cambodian men, women, and children migrate to countries within the region – primarily Thailand and Malaysia – for work, and many are subsequently subjected to sex trafficking, domestic servitude, debt bondage, or forced labor within the fishing, construction, and agricultural industries.
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Law on Administrative Management of Communes Sangkats
The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”) has classified the Law as red. The dominant role that the Law grants the Ministry of Interior (the “MOI”) undermines some positive provisions, while the role of the commune/sangkat councils (the “Councils”) as representatives of the people is difficult to reconcile with their role as agent of the State, given that the former represents the interests of the people and the latter the interests of the State and the ruling party. Decentralization is an admirable objective, but only if it transfers power to the people at the grassroots level. The Law fails as regards this overriding objective.
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Satement on Election Environment for the 3rd Mandate Commune/Sangkat Election
On June 3, 2012, Neutral and Impartial Committee for Free and Fair Elections in Cambodia (NICFEC) deployed 2,000 observers, including people with disabilities, in twenty-one (21) provinces/municipalities to monitor the 3rd Mandate Commune/Sangkat Election process in order to provide information and analyze the election process as well as to improve the process in the future.
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Satement on Election Environment for the 3rd Mandate Commune/Sangkat Election
On June 3, 2012, Neutral and Impartial Committee for Free and Fair Elections in Cambodia (NICFEC) deployed 2,000 observers, including people with disabilities, in twenty-one (21) provinces/municipalities to monitor the 3rd Mandate Commune/Sangkat Election process in order to provide information and analyze the election process as well as to improve the process in the future.
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Radio Voice of Democracy was banned for airing election news
Cambodian Centre for Independent Media (CCIM) was yesterday banned from broadcasting election news by the Ministry of Information. This is the first such instance of experience by CCIM of total censorship during polling day. Both Radio Sarika stations- FM106.5 in Phnom Penh and FM95.5 in Siem Reap- were shut down at intervals during the day: the Phnom Penh based station was allowed to broadcast only music programs until the close of polling stations at 3pm, whereas the Siem Reap station was shut down for the whole day.
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