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Situation of Human Rights in Cambodia
Cambodia is preparing for its third parliamentary election since the signing of the Paris Peace Accords in 1991. The upcoming National Assembly Elections will be an important benchmark as Cambodia strives to deepen its roots as a multi-party democracy.
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CHRAC Invites Supporter of Human Rights to the Trial of Sam Bith
The Cambodia Human Rights Action Committee (CHRAC), a coalition of 18 local NGOs, wishes to invite all supporters of human rights to attend the trial of former Khmer Rouge leader Sam Bith this Thursday, 12 December, to support relatives of people whose deaths he’s charged with ordering. The trial will be in Phnom Penh Municipal Court at 7:30AM.
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Stop Violence Against Women - Phnom Penh Street March
The march, organized by the Cambodian Committee of Women (CAMBOW), is part of the international 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence. The 16 Days campaign is conducted each year in many countries around the world between November 25, International Day Against Violence Against Women, and December 10, International Human Rights Day. The 16-day period also highlights other significant dates including December 1 which is World AIDS Day, and December 6 which marks the anniversary of the Montreal Massacre.
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Role and Achievements of the OHCHR Cambodia
This papper is intended to initiate discussion and dialogue on prison issues. It is based on the experiences of the UN Human Rights Office in Cambodia in conducting regular visits to prisons since its establishment in 1993, as well as on reports from non-governmental organizations.
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Towards a Human Prison Policy for Cambodia Final Edited
This paper is intended to initiate discussion and dialogue on prison issues. It is based on the experiences of the UN Human Rights Office in Cambodia in conducting regular visits to prisons since its establishment in 1993
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CAMBOW Objects to Provision in the Domestic Violence Draft Law
A clause in the draft Domestic Violence Law which allows husbands to rape their wives with impunity should be deleted, according to the Cambodian Committee of Women (CAMBOW), a coalition of 33 Cambodian NGOs that work to advance the cause of women in Cambodia.
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Situation of Human Rights in Cambodia
Cambodia has made important gains over the past 10 years, as evidenced by its beginning to rebuild State institutions and a legal framework. Economic opportunities are increasing as a result of recent stability.
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Moneaseka Khmer Newspaper Must be Entitled to Republish
The Cambodian Human Rights Action Committee (CHRAC), a coalition of 18 Local NGOs, in very deplorable that The Ministry of Information issued a letter No. 532/02 dated 01/08/02 instructing the Moneaseka Khmer Newspaper to suspend its publication for 30 days following it published an article entitled “ Fearing the Vietnamese puppets, Funcinpec is planning to cut it flesh for the crocodile" on August 1,2001.
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Role and Achievements of the OHCHR Cambodia
The present report contains information on the role and achievements of the Cambodia Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR, Cambodia) from December 2001 to June 2002. It has been prepared pursuant to General Assembly resolution 56/169 of 19 December 2001.
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Joint Submission by Non-Governmental Organizations on Freedom of Expression and Assembly
Cambodia has a variety of human rights obligations in respect of the rights to freedom of expression and assembly. The Royal Government of Cambodia (the Government) has engaged with some international human rights mechanisms but not with others, whist the current national human rights infrastructure is seriously flawed.
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Authorities Must Respect Journalists’ Right to Provide the Source of Their Information
The Cambodian Human Rights Action Committee (CHRAC), a coalition of 18 local NGOs, is very concerned with the respects of the people’s rights in getting informantion, the journalists’s rights, and transparencty of the government following obtaining the information that a Moneaseka Khmer journalist was taken and threatened to get the source of information.
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