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Cambodia: Supreme Court Keeps Activist Jailed
(New York) – The Cambodian Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the trumped-up imprisonment of a land-rights activist should prompt Cambodia’s donors to demand her unconditional release, Human Rights Watch said today.
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A Villager from the Andong Relocation Site in Phnom Penh Was Harassed After She Provided Assistance to CCHR Staff Researching Land Issues in Her Community
On the afternoon of 27 March 2013, Mr. Vann Sophath, Project Coordinator of the Land Reform Project at the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”), was informed by Ms. Yong Sophorn, a villager residing in the Andong relocation site for evictees, that she had been harassed by the local authorities, including the community leader, as a result of her involvement in a research visit recently made to Andong by CCHR
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Case 002 Severed and Nuon Chea Found Fit to Stand Trial
In two oral decisions announced on 29 March 2013, the Trial Chamber concluded that that Nuon Chea is fit to stand trial, and that Case 002 will be severed. The Trial Chamber announced that the subject matter for Case 002/01 will be the charges in the Closing Order related to:
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A Villager from the Andong Relocation Site in Phnom Penh Was Harassed After She Provided Assistance to CCHR Staff Researching Land Issues in Her Community
On the afternoon of 27 March 2013, Mr. Vann Sophath, Project Coordinator of the Land Reform Project at the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”), was informed by Ms. Yong Sophorn, a villager residing in the Andong relocation site for evictees, that she had been harassed by the local authorities, including the community leader, as a result of her involvement in a research visit recently made to Andong by CCHR
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CCHR Releases a Report on Female Representation in Politics in Cambodia Which Provides a Number of Recommendations to Address Gender Inequality in Politics
Today, 28 March 2013, the Cambodian Center for Human Rights’ (“CCHR”) Project to Promote Women’s Political Representation in Cambodia releases a report entitled “Politics in the Kingdom: Increasing Female Representation” (the “Report”).
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Cambodia: Refusal by the Supreme Court to Grant Bail to Ms. Yorm Bopha
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), has received new information and requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in Cambodia.
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Trial Chamber to Pronounce Oral Decisions on Nuon Chea’s Fitness to Stand Trial and Case 002 Severance on 29 March 2013
The Trial Chamber of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) will pronounce oral decisions on Nuon Chea’s fitness to stand trial and Case 002 severance on Friday 29 March 2013 at 09:00 in the main courtroom.
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Cambodia: Refusal by the Supreme Court to Grant Bail to Ms. Yorm Bopha
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), has received new information and requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in Cambodia.
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CCHR Releases a Report on Female Representation in Politics in Cambodia Which Provides a Number of Recommendations to Address Gender Inequality in Politics
Today, 28 March 2013, the Cambodian Center for Human Rights’ (“CCHR”) Project to Promote Women’s Political Representation in Cambodia releases a report entitled “Politics in the Kingdom: Increasing Female Representation” (the “Report”).
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Trial Chamber to Pronounce Oral Decisions on Nuon Chea’s Fitness to Stand Trial and Case 002 Severance on 29 March 2013
The Trial Chamber of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) will pronounce oral decisions on Nuon Chea’s fitness to stand trial and Case 002 severance on Friday 29 March 2013 at 09:00 in the main courtroom.
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Roundtable Discussion on ‘Investment Projects and Land Concessions in Cambodia’
On 29 March 2013, a roundtable discussion on the topic of ‘Investment Projects and Land Concessions in Cambodia’ will be hosted in Koh Kong province. This discussion is organized in cooperation between the NGO Forum on Cambodia (“NGOF”), the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”) and the Community Legal Education Center (“CLEC”). Representatives of the media are also invited to attend the roundtable discussion.
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Request for Interpretation of the Judgment of 15 June 1962 in the Case Concerning the Temple of Preah Vihear (Cambodia v. Thailand) (Cambodia v. Thailand) Live and on-Demand Webcasts Public Hearings from Monday 15 to Friday 19 April 2013
THE HAGUE, 27 March 2013. The hearings to be held by the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, in the case concerning the Request for Interpretation of the Judgment of 15 June 1962 in the Case concerning the Temple of Preah Vihear (Cambodia v. Thailand) (Cambodia v. Thailand) from Monday 15 to Friday 19 April 2013, will be broadcast online.
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