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Recent Developments at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia
Ominous signs of political manipulation by the Cambodian government and a repeated failure to tackle corruption continue to plague the Khmer Rouge Tribunal, according to this report released by the Open Society Justice Initiative. With the court’s first trial underway, the judicial process will be discredited unless the government reverses course.
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Land Grabbing and Poverty in Cambodia
Social Land Concessions continue to be established illegally in fact, not a single one has been completed in accordance with the relevant laws and perversely have been used to steal land from the poor rather than provide it to them. The Cambodian military continues to be involved in evictions, in contravention of the law, as well as heavily implicated in landgrabbing for their own benefit.
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Restrictions on the Freedom of Expression in Cambodia Media
Cambodia does not have a free media in the true sense of the word. Freedom of expression in law requires freedom of expression in practice. And maintaining freedom of expression requires the proper investigation of abuses when they occur. But as this briefing paper shows, intimidation by the powerful and well-connected continued during the 15-month period under review (January 1, 2008 to March 31, 2009), as did a lack of investigation of cases in which journalists were attacked or threatened in the course of doing their jobs.
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Land Grabbing and Poverty in Cambodia The Myth of Development 2009
The excuse invariably trotted out by the government whenever another group of people are forcibly evicted from the homes they have occupied for years, and sent to a distant relocation site lacking the basic amenities for living, or lose the farmland that has sustained their families for generations, is that this is necessary for development.
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Preah Vihear, Kingdom of Cambodia – Legal Analysis of the Events of 3 April 2009 that Resulted in the Destruction of a Village and Damage to the Preah Vihear Temple
A short report produced by CCHR to analyze the international legal implications of the events of 3 April 2009 at the Temple of Preah Vihear, which saw the village known as Psar Cheung Prasat completely destroyed and the Preah Vihear Temple damaged by the armed forces of the Kingdom of Thailand.
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Families in Cambodia at risk of forced eviction
Amnesty International is calling on the Australian Government to urge Cambodian authorities to prevent the forced eviction of a community of around 80 families living near the new Australian embassy on the riverfront in central Phnom Penh.
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Families in Cambodia at risk of forced eviction
Amnesty International is calling on the Australian Government to urge Cambodian authorities to prevent the forced eviction of a community of around 80 families living near the new Australian embassy on the riverfront in central Phnom Penh.
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Families in Cambodia at risk of forced eviction
Amnesty International is calling on the Australian Government to urge Cambodian authorities to prevent the forced eviction of a community of around 80 families living near the new Australian embassy on the riverfront in central Phnom Penh.
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Housing and Land Rights Issues in Cambodia
This document is prepared as an Annex to the Parallel Report and focuses on land and housing rights issues. Violations of housing and land rights are widely viewed as the major human rights concern in Cambodia. This document is intended to assist the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) in its review of Cambodia during its 42nd Session, 4 to 22 May 2009. The document was prepared for the purpose of providing recommendations to the State party and other actors as well as facilitating civil society input into this procedure.
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Cambodia: Why Should a MP Defamation Plaintiff be Sued and Have Her Immunity Suspended?
At a news conference on 23 April 2009, Ms Mu Sohua, Member of Parliament (MP) for the opposition Sam Rainsy Party (SRP), flanked by her lawyer, announced that she was going to file a defamation lawsuit against Prime Minister Hun Sen. This decision followed a public speech Hun Sen had made in which he attacked the opposition and made offensive remarks against an unnamed woman who Mu said was no other woman than herself. The next day, Hun Sen was making preparations for a counter-lawsuit against her and her lawyer for defaming him during that news conference.
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