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ANZ should not leave Cambodian community ‘high and dry’
Oxfam has condemned ANZ’s cutting of ties to the Cambodian sugar company implicated in the use of child labour and causing food shortages after forcing hundreds of families off their land. ANZ – without warning to the affected communities or the NGOs that support them - has severed its ties with Phnom Penh Sugar after the company suddenly repaid its entire loan. The company has been implicated in arbitrary arrests, intimidation of villagers and dangerous working conditions that resulted in worker deaths.
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Key concerns over three judicial reform draft laws in Cambodia
The purpose of this paper is to highlight the International Commission of Jurists’ concerns regarding the three draft laws on judicial reform which were recently approved by the Constitutional Council : the draft Law on the Organization of the Courts; the draft Law on the Statute of Judges and Prosecutors; and the draft Law on the Organization and Functioning of the Supreme Council of the Magistracy.
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Dropping Phnom Penh Sugar as a client does not let ANZ Bank off the hook for financing human rights abuses
(Phnom Penh, 7 July 2014) - Equitable Cambodia and Inclusive Development International expressed disappointment that ANZ Bank has cut its business ties to the Cambodian firm Phnom Penh Sugar without first ensuring redress for the grave harms caused to hundreds of families by the plantation that it financed.
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Response of the Senate of Cambodia to a complaint filed by the Cambodian Center for Human Rights ("CCHR") requesting the First Commission on Human Rights, Reception of Complaints and Investigation to review the potential amendments on decriminalizing defa
In response to the above reference and subject matter, this is to kindly inform you that the Senate’s First Commission on Human Rights, Reception of Complaints and Investigation ("CHRRCT") has thoroughly reviewed the complaint submitted by CCHR and that the Legal Research Department of the General Secretariat of the Senate ("LRDGS") was assigned to conduct further research and analysis on the criminal charge of "defamation" under Article 305 of the Penal Code of Cambodia("Penal Code").
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Cambodia: Unrepentant About Crackdown
(New York) – Cambodia has brushed aside calls at the UN Human Rights Council to reverse its crackdown on human rights and reform its abusive policies and practices, Human Rights Watch said today. Cambodia’s partners in the international community should redouble their pressure for Phnom Penh to address the many abuses the UN review process brought forward.
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CCHR and CIVICUS Condemn the Cambodian Government’s Rejection of Key Recommendations During its 2nd Universal Periodic Review
Today, 26 June 2014, the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”) and CIVICUS, the global civil society alliance, condemn the Royal Government of Cambodia’s (the “RGC”) decision to reject key recommendations on the human rights situation in the Kingdom of Cambodia put forward by United Nations member States during Cambodia’s 2nd Universal Periodic Review (the “UPR”).
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CSO PRESS STATEMENT DEMANDING THE CONSTITUTIONAL COUNCIL TO DECLARE THE THREE NEWLY PASSED LAWS ON THE JUDICIARY UNCONSTITUTIONAL
The Law on Organization and Functioning of the Courts, the Statute of Judges and Prosecutors, and the Law on the Organization and Functioning of the Supreme Council of Magistracy, are the specific foundation in ensuring the implementation of the principle of rule of law, and to guarantee the fundamental rights enshrined in the national constitution. However, the laws contain defects that both render them ineffective in providing such guarantees, and which render them unconstitutional.
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Statement by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia,
I am about to complete my 11th human rights fact‐finding mission to the Kingdom of Cambodia, the second since the National Assembly elections took place in July 2013. What I propose to outline are my initial findings and thoughts about the human rights situation in the country since my last mission. My final conclusions and recommendations will be contained in my report that I will present to the United Nations Human Rights Council in September this year.
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CCHR Releases a Report assessing Adherence to Fair Trial Rights at the Court of Appeal
Today, 23 June 2014, the Cambodian Center for Human Rights’ (“CCHR”) Trial Monitoring Project releases its first report assessing the adherence to fair trial rights at the Court of Appeal (the “Report”). This is the seventh report published by the Trial Monitoring Project, and the first one addressing the performance of the Court of Appeal.
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CCHR Releases a Report assessing Adherence to Fair Trial Rights at the Court of Appeal
Today, 23 June 2014, the Cambodian Center for Human Rights’ (“CCHR”) Trial Monitoring Project releases its first report assessing the adherence to fair trial rights at the Court of Appeal (the “Report”). This is the seventh report published by the Trial Monitoring Project, and the first one addressing the performance of the Court of Appeal.
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Thailand: Fears of Crackdown Trigger Exodus
(New York) – The Thai military authorities should urgently improve human rights protections of migrant workers to end their mass flight from the country, Human Rights Watch said today.
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CCHR to Host Workshop for Youth on Electoral Reform
On 20 and 21 June 2014, The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”) will host a workshop for youth on electoral reform aimed at providing opportunities for youth participants to identify key concerns regarding electoral reform and to develop recommendations, in addition to learning about substantive issues regarding political participation and electoral reform.
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