Law on the marriage and family

• Type: National Law
• Released Date: 26-Jul-1989
• Source:

The purpose of this law is to regulate, respect and ensure equality of spouses in marriage and family, and to promote the moral and educational development of children to become good citizens.

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The Law on the Prevention and Control of HIV/AIDS

• Type: National Law
• Released Date: 14-Jun-2002
• Source:

This law has the objective to determine measures for the prevention and control of the spread of HIV/AIDS in the Kingdom of Cambodia.

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ILO Convention No 105 concerning the Abolition of Forced Labor

• Type: International Law
• Released Date: 25-Jun-1957
• Source: ILO

This convention is created to urge to abolition of forced labor in the each country, the members of the UN, and to promote for human rights as well. This convention entered into force worldwide in 1959 and in Cambodia in 2000.

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The YOGYAKARTA PRINCIPLES

• Type: International Law
• Released Date: 01-Mar-2007
• Source: CCHR

The Khmer Translation of Yogyakarta Principles,  a set of principles on the application of international human rights law in relation to sexual orientation and gender identity, is produced ad adopted by a distinguished group of human rights ...

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The Code of Civil Procedure of Cambodia 2006

• Type: National Law
• Released Date: 26-May-2006
• Source:

This law aims to determine the procedure in relation to civil actions to have courts resolve civil dispute in accordance with the law in order to protect the rights of private parties.

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ILO Convention No 87 concerning Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organize 1948

• Type: International Law
• Released Date: 04-Jul-1950
• Source: ILO

The purpose of this Convention is to ensure that workers and employers, without distinction whatsoever, shall have the right to establish and, subject only to the rules of the organisation concerned, to join organisations of their own choosing withou...

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The Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia 1993 and Subsequent Amendments 2001

• Type: National Law
• Released Date: 21-Sep-1993
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This law aims to provide the contend to restore Cambodia into an Island of Peace based on a multi-party liberal democratic regime guaranteeing human rights and the respect of law, and responsible for the destiny of the nation always evolving toward p...

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ILO Convention No 100 concerning Equal Remuneration for Men and Women Workers for Work of Equal Value 1951

• Type: International Law
• Released Date: 06-Jun-1951
• Source: ILO

Each Member shall, by means appropriate to the methods in operation for determining rates of remuneration, promote and, in so far as is consistent with such methods, ensure the application to all workers of the principle of equal remuneration for men...

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Law on the prevention of domestic violence and protection of victims

• Type: National Law
• Released Date: 24-Oct-2005
• Source:

This law has the objective to prevent domestic violence, protect the victims and strengthen the culture of non-violence, and the harmony within the households in society in the Kingdom of Cambodia.

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Law on Suppression of the Kidnapping, Trafficking and Exploitation of Human Persons

• Type: National Law
• Released Date: 16-Jan-1996
• Source:

This law has an objective of suppressing the acts of kidnapping of human persons for trafficking/sale and the exploitation of human persons, in order to rehabilitate and upgrade the respect for good national traditions, protect human dignity and prot...

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International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination

• Type: International Law
• Released Date: 21-Dec-1965
• Source: UN

The purposes of this convention is to promote and encourage universal respect for observance of human rights and fundamental freedoms for all, without distinction as to race, sex, language or religion.

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The Code of Civil Procedure of Cambodia 2003

• Type: National Law
• Released Date: 05-Jun-2003
• Source:

The purpose of civil actions is to have courts resolve civil disputes in accordance with the law in order to protect the rights of private parties. The right of all persons to obtain a court trial in a civil dispute shall be guaranteed.

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