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CCHR Sends a Request to the Supreme Council of Magistracy to Investigate the Alleged Improper Conduct of Judge Thor Saran
The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (’CCHR’) sends a request to the Supreme Council of Magistracy to investigate the alleged improper conduct of Judge Thor Saran in relation to the on-going land conflict between ethnic minorities and the DM Group in Ratanakkiri Province.
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Application of the CCHR to present an Amicus Curiae submission pursuant to Rule 33 of the Internal Rules of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia
This Amicus Curiae brief is submitted by CCHR to assist the Pre-Trial Chamber in determining whether or not to uphold the Order on use of statements which were or may have been obtained by torture dated 28 July 2009 and made by the Office of the Co-Investigating Judges.
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Land Management and Administration Project
According to the Development Credit Agreement, the Project aims to assist the Borrower’s “program of actions, objectives and policies designed to improve land tenure security and promote the development of efficient land markets”
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Untitled Tenure Insecurity and Inequality in the Cambodia Land Sector
This report concludes that particular aspects of the design and a lack of effective implementation of key parts of LMAP have resulted in a system that excludes those vulnerable to eviction and other land rights abuses, impeding the project from improving tenure security in an equitable manner. A recent World Bank Enhanced Review Mission (ERM) concluded that although the project has resulted in undisputed benefits.
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Technical Assistance and Capacity Building Advisory Services and Technical Assistance for Cambodia
The present report is submitted in accordance with decision 9/15 of the Human Rights Council. The present Special Rapporteur was appointed with effect from 1 May 2009 and he undertook his first mission to Cambodia a month later, from 16 to 26 June 2009. Given the lack of time to conduct an in-depth assessment of the situation of human rights in the country so as to be able to report about it in a credible manner, the Special Rapporteur decided that he would focus his first mission on familiarizing himself with the complex realities of the country, to re-establish conditions for a fruitful dialogue with the Government on human rights issues of concern, and to look for ways to strengthen cooperation between the Government, civil society representatives and the international community around these issues.
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Cambodia: Legal Coundation and Framework for the Country’s Judiciary Required
The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) wishes to bring to the attention of the Human Rights Council a major lacuna that constitutes one of the most fundamental obstacles to the enjoyment, protection and promotion of human rights in Cambodia. The lack of the required laws on the statute of judges and prosecutors as well as the lack of the legal underpinning to the organisation of the judiciary are resulting in the judiciary not functioning effectively. This crucial institution is fundamental to the actualisation of human rights and remains ineffective and lacking in independence and capacity to function.
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URGENT APPEAL - THE OBSERVATORY
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in the People’s Republic of China.
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