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Transforming ASEAN into a People‐Centered Community” Cambodian Civil Society Reaffirms its Commitment to Organize of ACSC/APF 2012 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia
As Cambodia takes the chairship of ASEAN in 2012, civil society in the country reaffirms its commitment to organize an ASEAN Civil Society Conference (ACSC)/ ASEAN Peoples’ Forum (APF) on March 29‐31, 2012 in Phnom Penh ahead of the 20th ASEAN Summit that will take place on April 3‐4, 2012. The National Organizing Committee of ACSC/APF has followed the legal procedure of Cambodia so that the event will go ahead as planned.
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Democracy Election and Reform in Cambodia
COMFREL continues its reports on ‘Democracy, Elections and Reform’, which assesses the annual state of democracy in Cambodia.1 The annual report takes a comparative approach in asking, what changed in comparison to previous years? Did the political system of Cambodia progress toward a consolidated democracy or is stagnation or even a regression observable, which put the democratization process into question? The assessment of the democratization process is based on the findings of the COMFREL Monitoring Units ‘Government Watch’, ‘Parliamentary Watch’, ‘Media Watch’, ‘Election Watch’, and ‘Gender Watch’.
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Transforming ASEAN into a People‐Centered Community” Cambodian Civil Society Reaffirms its Commitment to Organize of ACSC/APF 2012 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia
As Cambodia takes the chairship of ASEAN in 2012, civil society in the country reaffirms its commitment to organize an ASEAN Civil Society Conference (ACSC)/ ASEAN Peoples’ Forum (APF) on March 29‐31, 2012 in Phnom Penh ahead of the 20th ASEAN Summit that will take place on April 3‐4, 2012. The National Organizing Committee of ACSC/APF has followed the legal procedure of Cambodia so that the event will go ahead as planned.
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UN Must Reconsider Commitment to Khmer Rouge Court
NEW YORK—The Open Society Justice Initiative is calling upon the United Nations to reconsider its commitment to the Khmer Rouge tribunal, following the recent resignation of International Co-Investigating Judge, Laurent Kasper-Ansermet. Judge Kasper-Ansermet is the second international judge to resign from the court in six months, due to apparent Cambodian government interference in the progress of investigations into five individuals alleged to have played significant roles in the commission of Khmer Rouge atrocities. The allegations against the five individually link them to the deaths of tens of thousands of people during the reign of the Khmer Rouge regime.
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Transforming ASEAN into a People‐Centered Community” Cambodian Civil Society Reaffirms its Commitment to Organize of ACSC/APF 2012 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia
As Cambodia takes the chairship of ASEAN in 2012, civil society in the country reaffirms its commitment to organize an ASEAN Civil Society Conference (ACSC)/ ASEAN Peoples’ Forum (APF) on March 29‐31, 2012 in Phnom Penh ahead of the 20th ASEAN Summit that will take place on April 3‐4, 2012. The National Organizing Committee of ACSC/APF has followed the legal procedure of Cambodia so that the event will go ahead as planned.
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CCHR calls on UN to undertake investigations into political interference at the KRT following judge’s resignation
Yesterday’s announcement that Judge Laurent Kasper-Ansermet has resigned from the Khmer Rouge Tribunal (KRT) epitomizes the “dysfunctional situation” at the tribunal where allegations of political interference are increasingly undermining that institution’s ability to deliver justice for the victims of the Khmer Rouge.
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Summary Report 2011 of the Khmer Krom Association for Human Rights and Development
60% among of beneficiaries have mainstreamed and shared their knowledge to family and community members.
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CCHR calls on UN to undertake investigations into political interference at the KRT following judge’s resignation
Yesterday’s announcement that Judge Laurent Kasper-Ansermet has resigned from the Khmer Rouge Tribunal (KRT) epitomizes the “dysfunctional situation” at the tribunal where allegations of political interference are increasingly undermining that institution’s ability to deliver justice for the victims of the Khmer Rouge.
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CCHR calls on UN to undertake investigations into political interference at the KRT following judge’s resignation
Yesterday’s announcement that Judge Laurent Kasper-Ansermet has resigned from the Khmer Rouge Tribunal (KRT) epitomizes the “dysfunctional situation” at the tribunal where allegations of political interference are increasingly undermining that institution’s ability to deliver justice for the victims of the Khmer Rouge.
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CCHR calls on UN to undertake investigations into political interference at the KRT following judge’s resignation
Yesterday’s announcement that Judge Laurent Kasper-Ansermet has resigned from the Khmer Rouge Tribunal (KRT) epitomizes the “dysfunctional situation” at the tribunal where allegations of political interference are increasingly undermining that institution’s ability to deliver justice for the victims of the Khmer Rouge.
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Freedom of Expression and Academic Freedom
Freedom of expression and academic freedom are both protected under provisions of domestic and international law. The recent decision by the Royal University of Law and Economics ("RULE") in Phnom Penh to issue a list of prohibited thesis topics to students seriously impinges upon both the right to academic freedom and the right to freedom of expression, and is the latest in a series of restrictions on freedom of expression in the Kingdom of Cambodia("Cambodia") .
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