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CHILDHOOD BEHIND BARS: GROWING UP IN A CAMBODIAN PRISON SOKUN’S STORY
In Cambodia today there are many young children living in prison with their mothers 1 yet there is little understanding amongst authorities and society at large of the short and long term impact of prison life on children. In this, Cambodia is not alone – to date there are only a few studies of the effects on children who spend their early years behind bars.
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Severance of Proceedings in Case 002 at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia
Today, 14 October 2013, the Cambodian Center for Human Rights ("CCHR") releases a Briefing Note summarizing developments in the long-awaited trial of former Khmer Rouge leaders Nuon Chea and Khieu Samphan (“Case 002”) at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (the “ECCC”). The Briefing Note focuses particularly on the decision of the Trial Chamber of the ECCC to split Case 002 into an undetermined number of sub-trials (the “Severance”) and addresses the way it impacts the progress of the Khmer Rouge trials and, more generally, the achievement of justice and national reconciliation in the Kingdom of Cambodia (“Cambodia”).
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Letter to Prime Minister Tony Abbott Re: Human Rights in Foreign and Domestic Policy
Human Rights Watch is a nongovernment organization that monitors and reports on international human rights, refugee, and humanitarian law issues in more than 90 countries around the world. In August, Human Rights Watch launched its first ever Australia office in Sydney. We look forward to working with you over the next three years to strengthen Australia’s protection of human rights.
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CCHR Expresses Concern Regarding the Cambodian Authorities’ Repeated Attempts to Limit Peaceful Assembly of Civil Society Groups
The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”) would like to highlight and express concern regarding the continued negative reaction from Cambodian authorities in response to requests or notifications by civil society groups attempting to hold peaceful demonstrations in Phnom Penh. CCHR would like to remind the Royal Government of Cambodia (“RGC”) and the Phnom Penh municipal authorities that it is their duty, not to restrict free assembly, but to facilitate it through maintaining peace and public order.
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CCHR expresses concern regarding the Cambodian authorities’ repeated attempts to limit peaceful assembly of civil society groups
The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”) would like to highlight and express concern regarding the continued negative reaction from Cambodian authorities in response to requests or notifications by civil society groups attempting to hold peaceful demonstrations in Phnom Penh.
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FIVE PROTESTERS INJURED BY AUTHORITIES AT AN EVENT TO MARK WORLD HABITAT DAY 2013
Phnom Penh, 10 October 2013 – The Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC) is alarmed at the use of force by the authorities during an event to mark World Habitat Day 2013. World Habitat Day is intended to remind the world of its duty to protect the basic right to adequate shelter.
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ADHOC CONCERNED OVER POLITICALLY MOTIVATED HARASSMENT, ARRESTS AND DETENTION OF OPPOSITION ACTIVISTS
Phnom Penh, 08 October 2013 – The Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC) is deeply concerned at the numerous reports it has received from people who have been intimidated and harassed when attempting to exercise their legitimate rights to freedom of expression, association and assembly.
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Cambodia: Freedom on the Net 2013
New media and increased internet access are transforming the information environment in Cambodia, where press freedom is traditionally curtailed. Through the use of new media and digital tools, young activists of both genders are able to disseminate views on important social and political issues, including the country’s besieged environmental resources. Social media websites are quickly becoming an integral tool for sharing information and opinion.
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ACT NOW TO END IMPUNITY
This kit provides IFEX members with helpful information about this year’s International Day to End Impunity campaign, including promotional materials as well as some ideas about how to raise the profile of this important issue.
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CCHR urges buyers and GMAC to support transparency efforts in the Cambodian garment industry
The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”) welcomes the decision by the International Labour Organisation’s Better Factories Cambodia program (“ILO-BFC”) to return to publically disclosing some of its findings, based on the monitoring of over 450 factories, in January 2014 and urges companies currently supplied by Cambodia-based factories and the Garment Manufacturers’ Association in Cambodia (GMAC) to support this initiative.
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THE HUB, CAMBODIA’S GARMENT FACTORIES & LGBT
This edition of the Sithi Project newsletter highlights new and noteworthy activities undertaken over the past several months: regular trainings for human rights enthusiasts within CCHR’s new technology-focused “Sithi Hub,” a map of garment factories operating throughout Cambodia, and the new Rainbow Khmer Portal – CCHR’s one-stop shop for information related to the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (“LGBT”) Cambodians.
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CCHR publishes the Database of Trial Monitoring in Cambodia
The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”) publishes today – 26 September 2013 – a database of all criminal trials monitored within the Cambodian courts by CCHR’s Trial Monitoring Project (the “Project”) implemented since August 2009 (the “Database”). The Database provides key data, findings, briefing note and analysis, and reports in regard to the practice of fair trial rights within the domestic courts.
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