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Recommendations for Reform for the New Royal Government of Cambodia
This Briefing Note calls on the new Royal Government of Cambodia (“RGC”) to address a number of pressing concerns related to the situation of human rights and democracy in the Kingdom of Cambodia (“Cambodia”). It aims to encourage the new RGC to address these important issues as a priority at the start of the Fifth Mandate National Assembly.
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CCHR expresses its concern that the percentage of women in the National Assembly will drop with fifth mandate
The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”) expresses its concerns that the percentage of women in the fifth mandate of the National Assembly will be lower than in the previous mandate. Official results from the National Assembly elections released by the National Election Committee (“NEC”) on 8 September 2013 indicate that only 20.33% of parliamentarians – or 25 out of 123 seats – will be women, compared to 22% in the previous mandate.
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UN survey of men in Asia-Pacific reveals high levels of sexual violence in region
10 September 2013 – The most common motivation of some men who have admitted to rape is the belief that they are entitled to sex even without the female partner’s consent, according to a newly released United Nations study of some Asia and Pacific countries, which urges greater measures to end impunity for men who use violence against women and girls.
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RESIGNATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL CO-PROSECUTOR MR ANDREW CAYLEY
The Cambodian Human Rights Action Committee (CHRAC) , is a coalition of 21 NGOs working in the field of the promotion Human Rights , Democracy, and the Rule of Law in the Kingdom of Cambodia. Including work around the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC).
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Urgent appeal for summit of political leaders to solve the election dispute
Having seen that the election administration (NEC) and dispute resolution Institutions (Constitutional Council) failed to address the election complaints properly and satisfactorily, the Situation Room believes that only political solution can lead to solve these election irregularities and disputes.
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An Evaluation of the Whole Process of the National Election 2013 “Need for Integrity and Justice in the Election”
The Situation Room coalition of CSOs has evaluated the process and the administration of the whole National Assembly Elections for the 5th Mandate (“the Elections”), pre, during and post-Election period, as “Not Free and Not Fair” regardless, as compared to previous elections, of a decrease of serious violence, the absence of killings of political activists or politicians and the active participation of youths in the electoral campaigns.
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Cambodia: Government Obstructs Khmer Rouge Court
(New York) – The Cambodian government’s refusal to pay local staff at the Khmer Rouge tribunal is the latest attempt to undermine efforts to bring former Khmer Rouge leaders to justice, Human Rights Watch said today.
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Cambodia: Respect the right to freedom of peaceful assembly
As the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) prepares to hold a peaceful “meditative” assembly on 7 September 2013 to demand an independent investigation into what it alleges are irregularities, including fraud, around the national election of 28 July, the undersigned non-governmental organizations and civil society groups make the following statement:
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Phnom Penh Authorities Attempt to Crack Down on Boeung Kak Community March
The Phnom Penh authorities today restricted a peaceful march by Boeung Kak community representatives and supporters to mark one-year imprisonment of fellow land rights activist Yorm Bopha, who was wrongfully convicted in December 2012. The community planned to march from their area of Phnom Penh to the Wat Phnom pagoda and then to the Supreme Court to demand that the court urgently hear Yorm Bopha’s case.
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ADHOC CONDEMNS HARASSMENT OF NGO WORKER AND OBSTRUCTION OF RIGHTS OF BOEUNG KAK LAKE COMMUNITY PROTESTERS
Phnom Penh, 04 September 2013 – The Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC) condemns the harassment of Mr. Vann Sophath - Land Reform Coordinator at the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) - and the obstruction to the legitimate right to freedom of assembly of the Boeung Kak Lake community by the Phnom Penh Municipal Police this morning.
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