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Cambodia: More Effective Measures are Required to End Torture
Cambodia acceded to the Convention against (CAT) in 1992. Its criminal law, adopted in the same year, has succinctly criminalised torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment of detainees and punishes any public agent who violates this right with one to five years in prison.
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International Children’s Day 2007: Child Abuse in Public and Behind Closed Doors
September 2006, ten girls aged between 14 and 17 year were persuaded by a fellow villager in Kompong Cham province to travel to Phnom Penh after they were promised jobs as domestic workers. However after arriving in Phnom Penh they were promptly taken to a local market where they were openly sold for 50.000 riel each. Fortunately this "auction" was witnessed by an LICADHO staff who obtained information from one of the vitims and proceeded to work with LICADHO colleagues and other NGOs to ensure that all girls were found and returned safely to their families in the provinces.
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Expressing Deep Concern to UNHRC Regarding Situation of Human Rights in Cambodia
Despite the recommendations made by Mr. Yash Ghai, the UN Special Representative of the Secretary General on human rights in Cambodia, in September 2006, before the UN Human Rights Council little progress has been made. The Cambodian government has ratified 13 human rights international instruments and the Constitution of the Royal Kingdom of Cambodia has incorporated the Universal Declaration of HR. However, Cambodians are increasingly subject to a wide range of human rights abuses – often committed by State personnel.
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Cambodia: New Code Must Protect Rights of Suspects in Police Custody to Prevent Torture and Secure Fair Trials
In 2005, the Phnom Penh Court convicted and sentenced two men -- Born Samnang and Sok Sam Oeun -- to 20 years in prison for the murder of renowned labour union leader Chea Vichea in 2004. In April 2007, the Court of Appeals upheld their sentences. Both judgments have been severely criticised as they were primarily based on the confession that Born Samnang had made to the police, prosecutor and investigating judge; a confession that Born Samnang emphatically retracted when interrogated for the second time by the same investigating judge, on the grounds it had been made under threats and promises during his initial interrogation by the police.
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