The right to be tried without undue delay

• Released Date: 15-Feb-2018
• Publication: Leaflet

This rights limits uncertainty for the person facing criminal charges and, if in case of detention, helps protect their right to liberty

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The right to be tried by an independent and impartial tribunal

• Released Date: 15-Feb-2018
• Publication: Leaflet

A cornerstone of fair trial rights, this right ensures the accused is tried objectively

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Issue3: EXPLANATION OF RIGHTS

• Released Date: 08-Nov-2017
• Publication: Newsletter

The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) has been conducting trial monitoring since 2009, to observe criminal trials in Cambodian courts and to assess their adherence to international and Cambodian fair trial standards. Since March 2013, CCHR’s Fair Trial Rights Project has been monitoring hearings in the Phnom Penh Appeal Court. This is the third in a series of quarterly newsletters that will analyse the findings of CCHR’s monitoring. The present newsletter focuses on the obligation for the Judges to inform the accused of the charges against him or her, and their duty to explain their right to legal representation or self-defense as well as their right to be silent in order to avoid self-incrimination.

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Issue 2: Quarterly Newsletter on Prisoner Uniform and the Presumption of Innocence

• Released Date: 05-Jun-2017
• Publication: Newsletter

The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) has conducted trial monitoring since 2009 to observe criminal trials in Cambodian courts and to assess their adherence to international and Cambodian fair trial standards. Since March 2013 CCHR’s Fair Trial Rights Project has been monitoring hearings in the Phnom Penh Appeal Court. This is the second in a series of quarterly newsletters that will analyse the findings of CCHR’s monitoring.This issue focuses on implementation of the right to the presumption of innocence in relation to prisoner uniforms.

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Fact Sheet: Fair Trial Rights in Cambodia

• Released Date: 27-Mar-2017
• Publication: Newsletter

Fair Trial Rights that are enshrined in domestic and international law are not being effectively implemented in Cambodia. The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”) calls for the Royal Government of Cambodia (“RGC”) and the president of each court at all levels to take urgent action to ensure that these Fair Trial Rights are properly protected under domestic law and are being implemented in practice.

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Issue 1: A​​ Quarterly Newsletter on Rights to a Public Hearing - February 2017

• Released Date: 20-Feb-2017
• Publication: Newsletter

The Fair Trial Rights Project is a project run by the Cambodian Center for Human Rights ("CCHR"). The Project aims to improve the procedures and practices of courts in Cambodia, resulting in greater adherence to fair trial standards.

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X-stand banner on Fair Trial Rights

• Released Date: 01-Jan-2017
• Publication: Leaflet

Fair Trial Rights that are enshrined in domestic and international law. The right to a fair trial is comprised of a number of different individual rights, which encompass the entire legal process, from the initial arrest of the suspect through to the completion of the final appeal.

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Mini Report: Fair Trial Rights at the Court of Appeal 2015

• Released Date: 15-Jul-2015
• Publication: Report

The Project has collected and analyzed data from trial monitoring conducted at the Court of Appeal over one year – between 01 July 2014 and 30 June 2015 - to identify which fair trial rights have been upheld by the Court of Appeal and which are at risk. During this period, the Project monitored 128 cases.

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Fair Trial Rights in Cambodia as Monitored CCHR

• Released Date: 30-Jul-2014
• Publication: Leaflet

There are 273 trials monitored by CCHR at the Phnom Penh Court of Appeal between 1 March 2013 and 30 June 2014. Of 273 trials monitored, there are 364 defendants involved including 9 juvenile defendants.

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Fair Trial Rights in Cambodia: Monitoring at the Court of Appeal

• Released Date: 23-Jun-2014
• Publication: Report

CCHR’s Trial Monitoring Project (the “Project”) has collected data from the monitoring of 204 criminal trials at the Court of Appeal between 1 March 2013 and 31 January 2014 (the “Reporting Period”) in order to assess its adherence to fair trial rights as set out in international and Cambodian law. The Report presents and analyzes the data collected during the Reporting Period.

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Analysis on Judicial Draft Laws

• Released Date: 16-May-2014
• Publication: Report

This legal analysis is conducted with an aim to examine the scope of powers of the legislative and executive bodies as enshrined in the three important draft laws concerning the judicial powers, namely draft Law on the Organization and Functioning of the Supreme Council of Magistracy, and draft Law on the Statute of Judges and Prosecutors, and draft Law on Organization and Functioning of the Courts.

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Fact Sheet: The Right to Participate Actively in the Life of the Nation

• Released Date: 05-May-2014
• Publication: Newsletter

Important drafts laws relating to human rights have either been sent or are about to be sent to the National Assembly for adoption. However, none of the recent drafts has been published and no-consultations with civil society and the public in general have been organized, restricting the right to participate actively in the life of the nation and against all principles of good governance.

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