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Cambodia: Young Trafficking Victims Treated as Criminals
(New York)- Fourteen Vietnamese girls who are alleged victims of trafficking were arrested by Cambodian authorities after they were rescued from a brothel in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Human Rights Watch said today.
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Street Retribution in Cambodia
The Commission on Human Rights, in its recent resolution on the human rights situation in Cambodia, reiterated its concern about the apparent lack of protection from mob killings.
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Street Retribution in Cambodia
The Commission on Human Rights, in its recent resolution on the human rights situation in Cambodia, reiterated its concern about the apparent lack of protection from mob killings. This is a problem that the Special Representative of the Secretary General for Human Rights in Cambodia has drawn attention to in successive reports. He appeals again now for effective action and prevention.
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Newsletter Quarterly Volume 1 Issue 2
In Newsletter Quarterly May 2002 issue 2 by LEGAL AID of CAMBODIA had important point such as King delivers Justice in Ratanakiri Land Case/ Public Forum on Prostitutes and Human Rights/ Abduction and Sex Trafficking Case to Macau/ Interview with Yim Simene/ The Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Cambodian Reality.
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Cambodia: Prosecute Perpetrators of Political Violence
(New York)- The Cabodian government should take immediate steps to investigate and prosecute perpetrators of political violence committed during commune-level elections held in February 2002, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Action to end impunity should be a pre-condition for any aid to prepare for next year’s national elections, Human Rights Watch said.
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Human Rights, Justice and Toxic Waste in Cambodia
Dumped in an open field, the waste was scavenged by poor villagers, many of whom later complained of sickness; one quickly died. The Cambodian leadership, expressing outrage, promised a thorough investigation. Local people panicked: thousands fled the city. Others in Sihanoukville exercised their constitutional rights and in December held two days of public demonstrations, blaming government corruption for the presence of the toxic material. Even some local officials told Human Rights Watch they believed that demonstrations were warranted, provided they were lawful and peaceful.
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Cambodia/Vietnam: Montagnard Asylum Rights Threatened
(New York) Human Rights Watch today expressed strong concern about Cambodia’s announcement that it will close down two refugee camps and cease protecting and providing temporary asylum for indigenous Montagnard refugees from Vietnam.
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Policy Paper on Social Concessions in the Kingdom of Cambodia
Land concessions for social purposes (social land concessions) is a legal mechanism established in the Land Law 2001 to permit the orderly transfer of State private land to private individuals or groups for social purposes, specifically, for residential and family farming .
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CAMBOW Stresses the Need to Address Human Trafficking
Urgent action is needed by the government, police and courts to tackle the growing problem of human trafficking, according to the Cambodian Committee of Women (CAMBOW), a coalition of 33 local NGOs working on women’s issues.
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CHRAC Unsatisfied with Montagnard Repatriation Agreement
The Cambodian Human Rights Action Committee (CHRAC), a coalition of 18 local human rights NGOs, wishes to express its dissatisfaction with the tripartite agreement reached on 21 January 2002 between the United Nation High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the Royal Government of Cambodia and the Govrnment of the Socialist Republics if Vietnam on the repatriation of ethnic minority Montagnards who have fled from Vietnam to Cambodia. The agreement has failed to specify clearly the voluntary nature of the return of those asylum seekers, the UNHCR’s role, and standards of the repatriation of returnees to adequately ensure their protection and the exercise of their rights while back in their homelands.
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Commune Council Elections 2002
Violence and election irregularities have continued to mark the lead up to the February 3 commune council polls. While a relatively calm environment prevailed during the first week, a two year old child was killed on January 25 when gunmen opened fire on his father, a CPP candidate in Banteay Meanchey province.
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Vietnam/Cambodia: Future of Montagnard Refugees at Risk
(London/New York)-- Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch today expressed conern over plans agreed by the Vietnamese and Cambodian govrnments and the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to facilitate repatriation of indigenous Montagnard refugees who have fled from Vietnam to Cambodia during the past year.
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