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Recent Developments at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia - March 2013
The death of Ieng Sary, one of the three accused in Case 002 at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, cast into sharp relief the many delays and difficulties that threaten to deny justice to the victims of the Khmer Rouge.
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Implementation of the ECCC Legacies for Domestic Legal and Judicial Reform
On 12 March 2013, the Cambodian Human Rights Action Committee (CHRAC) and the Bar Association of the Kingdom of Cambodia(BAKC) organized a Workshop on “Implementation of the ECCC Legacies for Domestic Legal and Judicial Reform” at Sunway Hotel, Phnom Penh.
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Freedom of Expression
This Briefing Note provides an overview of the situation of freedom of expression in the Kingdom of Cambodia (“Cambodia”) and suggests concrete recommendations for the adequate protection and promotion of the right. Section one provides a concise overview of the right to freedom of expression, as protected under domestic Cambodian and international law, and briefly outlines the measures taken by the Cambodian authorities to restrict the right.promotion of the right.
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OBS Annual Report 2013: Restrictions on Human Rights Defenders’ Access to Funding Bolster Impunity
The Annual Report 2013 of 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), provides a global review of the violations of NGOs’ right to funding via various forms of restrictions imposed by States. It provides a detailed picture of this as yet insufficiently studied problem. This analysis is illustrated by concrete cases in 35 countries.
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KRT Trial Monitor C002 – Issue 51 (28-31 January 2013)
From Monday until Tuesday, the Chamber heard American photojournalist Al Rockoff testify on his experiences in Phnom Penh before and during the fall of the city in April 1975. In the two days following Rockoff’s testimony, the Prosecution presented key documents relevant to the respective roles of Ieng Sary and Khieu Samphan.
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LICADHO Annual Activity Report 2012
Internal Paper; LICADHO’s Annual Activity Report 2012 covers LICADHO’s project activities for the period January 2012 to June 2012. The activity report includes a high-profile cases of land grabbing since January highlight the growing desperation of victims in the face of perpetrators immune from the laws and key human rights issues for the period,
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Human Rights 2012: The Year in Review
The human rights situation in Cambodia began 2012 teetering on the edge of a precipice, and by the end of the year had fallen off the cliff, according to a new report from LICADHO.The past year was the most violent year ever documented in terms of the authorities using lethal force against activists, according to the report, “Human Rights 2012: The Year in Review.”
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Judicial Reform
This Briefing Note outlines the current state of the judiciary in the Kingdom of Cambodia (“Cambodia”), analyzes shortcomings in the functioning of the judiciary and courts, and offers recommendations for reforms which would substantially benefit the functioning of the judiciary and facilitate greater judicial independence in Cambodia.
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KRT Trial Monitor C002 – Issue 50 (21-24 January 2013)
Following an unexpected break in the previous week, due to the sudden hospitalization of Nuon Chea and Khieu Samphan, proceedings resumed this week in accordance with the revised schedule determined by the Trial Chamber. President Nil Nonn explained that, due to the Chamber’s inability to hear oral testimony, the hearing of the documents originally scheduled for 18 February 2013, would take place during the week of 21 January 2013.
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The Court Report February 2013
The February Court Report presents an overview of the court’s outreach efforts in 2012. It also describes Japan’s most recent donation to the court and the situation with the unpaid national staff. The report includes articles on the hospitalisation of two accused, changes in the defence and civil parties, and various visits to the court made in January.
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2012 in Review: Crackdown on Freedom of Expression and Freedom of Assembly
The most shocking attack on freedom of expression in 2012 came in September, when muckraking journalist Hang Serei Oudom was murdered. His battered body, hacked at least six times with an axe, was found in the trunk of his car. Oudom’s work had focused on exposing illegal logging and forest crimes involving the local elite.
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