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Still Losing Ground
The case studies covered in this report provide a window into the lives behind the land disputes occurring in Cambodia. This report gives an update on the land disputes and villages affected by them, and seeks to address the doubts of people like Grandma Saing and the others quoted above,as well answer the question “what next?
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Media Analysis of Rape, Trafficking for Sexual Purpose, Indecent Cases in Third Quarter 2009
According to Cambodian law, sexual abuse is a serious crime where perpetrators can be imprisoned for up to 20 years as well as being fined or given a labor penalty. This report is interested in how effectively this law is being enforced in Cambodia.
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United Nations Commentary and Guidelines on Eviction and Resettlement December
Evictions and resettlement processes have become major issues of concern in Cambodia, with serious consequences for the lives and well-being of individuals and communities. This booklet contains two key United Nations documents that specifically address these issues:
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The Rights of Appeal & Cambodia Inmate Transportation Crisis
Over 500 inmates with pending appeals are detained in Cambodia provinces, some of them hundreds of kilometers away from the nation only appeals court in Phnom Penh. Due to Cambodias near total lack of a long-distance inmate transportation network, these inmates are at grave risk of being denied one of the most basic elements of a fair trial The right to have a conviction and sentence properly reviewed by a higher tribunal.
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Practical Grassroots Advocacy in Cambodia Analysis of 80 Case Studies
Respondents reported several different types of advocacy cases in their communities. Responses to individual questions yielded different answers, depending on whether they were cases on land, forestry, fisheries, mining or other matters. More specifically, the causes, perpetrators, activities and results all varied depending on the type of case.
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World Report 2009
The rural and urban poor continue to lose their land to illegal concessions awarded to foreign firms, government officials, and those with connections to government officials. This has become one of the most critical economic and social problems in Cambodia. In Phnom Penh, 85,000 people have been forcibly evicted during the last 10 years, with another 70,000 currently facing eviction proceedings. Authorities often provide insufficient notice of impending evictions and inadequate housing and compensation to displaced people afterwards.
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Cambodia - Amnesty International Report 2009
Impunity, inadequate rule of law and serious shortcomings in the court system continued to cause a systemic lack of protection for human rights. Forced evictions, carried out with the direct involvement or complicity of government authorities, further impoverished thousands of marginalized Cambodians. Human rights defenders and community activists defending land and natural resources were imprisoned on baseless charges. Freedom of expression and assembly were restricted.
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Untitled Tenure Insecurity and Inequality in the Cambodian Land Sector
We would like to acknowledge Sister Denise Coghlan, Eang Vuthy, Allison Fajans, Hallam Goad, Alexandra Jones, Daniel King, Megan MacInnes, Dan Nicholson, Brian Rohan, Sok Sotheara, Bank Information Centre, Community Legal Education Centre, Housing Rights Task Force, NGO Forum on Cambodia, Sahmakum Teang Tnaut, World Vision, and many others who cannot be named here who assisted with the research, attended meetings and offered advice and suggestions. We would also like to thank development partner staff who met with us to discuss LMAP. Most importantly, we would like to thank the affected communities and individuals who agreed to be interviewed for this report.
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Report on Constituency Dialogues in Cambodia, 2009
From October 2008 to December 2009, NDI conducted meetings with its provincial partners to discuss workplans and preparations for the dialogues. The Institute also conducted refresher trainings on moderating techniques, and collaborated with the provincial partners on the focus group format and questions that would be used pre- and post-dialogue.
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Report Finds Land Registration Program is Entrenching Inequality and Failing to Protect Vulnerable Groups
Bridges Across Borders Southeast Asia (BABSEA), the Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE), and Jesuit Service Cambodia (JSC) called upon the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) and development partners to stop neglecting households most in need of tenure security in their report, “Untitled: Tenure Insecurity and Inequality in the Cambodian Land Sector,” released Monday. The report reviews the multi-donor funded Land Management and Administration Project (LMAP), which concludes in December 2009, and considers why, despite its commendable objectives, and the issuing of nearly one million titles, many vulnerable communities continue to face land tenure insecurity and forced displacement.
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Corruption and Human Rights: Making the Connection
The fight against corruption is central to the struggle for human rights. Corruption has always greased the wheels of the exploitation and injustice which characterize our world. From violent ethnic cleansing to institutionalized racism, political actors have abused their entrusted powers to focus on gains for the few at great cost for the many.
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Our Voice Newsletter - Children and Youth as the Agents of Advocacy and Democracy
August 25th 2009, At the Cozyna Angkor Hotel of Siem Reap Province, World Vision’s Children at High at Risk Prevention Project (CHRPP) open a workshop for children and youth from four provinces. The workshop aims to enable the children and youth to learn how to be an agent of advocacy and democracy, to understand about general overview of the democratic society and to promote children and youth’s role and responsibility to engage in local governance.
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