• CCHR Publishes Map of Acid Attack Cases In Cambodia_2009 to 2012

    CCHR Publishes Map of Acid Attack Cases In Cambodia_2009 to 2012

    The Cambodia Center for Human Rights ("CCHR"), a non-aligned, independent, non-governmental organization ("NGO") that works to promote and protect democracy and respect for human rights throughout Cambodia, today - 25 June 2012- publishes our "Map of Acid Attacks 2009-2012". The map outlines cases of acid attacks occurring throughout the country between 2009 and June 2012 according to the province the attack occurred. Each attack outlined on the map is accompanied by a case summary. The information presented was gathered from news media in Khmer or English.

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  • The Use of Prison Labor and Land Evictions

    The Use of Prison Labor and Land Evictions

    The use of prisioners to carry out a forced eviction in Shianoukville highlights the irresponsible and abusive manner in which the State is administering prison labor and carrying out forced evictios, breaching the legal and human rights of both prisoners and land occupants.

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  • International counsel for Nuon Chea the Defence call upon the ECCC Trial Chamber to immediately schedule Heng Samrin

    International counsel for Nuon Chea the Defence call upon the ECCC Trial Chamber to immediately schedule Heng Samrin

    This repeated call is made based on the factual assertions contained in a Forwarding Order issued on 4 May 2012 by the ECCC’s former international Co-Investigating Judge, Laurent Kasper-Ansermet. In the six-page document, a copy of which is attached hereto, Judge Kasper-Ansermet clearly suggests that three sitting members of the Royal Government of Cambodia (the ‘RGC’) and one senior official in the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (the ‘RCAF’) should be investigated in connection with crimes committed in Democratic Kampuchea (‘DK’).

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  • Less than Adequate_ AICHR consultation on ASEAN Human Rights Declaration

    Less than Adequate_ AICHR consultation on ASEAN Human Rights Declaration

    Amnesty International, the International Commission of Jurists, Human Rights Watch, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), Dignity International, and ARTICLE 19 welcome the first official consultation between ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) and civil society organisations (CSOs) on the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration (AHRD), which is due to take place in Kuala Lumpur on June 22, 2012 at the Ritz Carlton Hotel.

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  • International counsel for Nuon Chea the Defence call upon the ECCC Trial Chamber to immediately schedule Heng Samrin

    International counsel for Nuon Chea the Defence call upon the ECCC Trial Chamber to immediately schedule Heng Samrin

    This repeated call is made based on the factual assertions contained in a Forwarding Order issued on 4 May 2012 by the ECCC’s former international Co-Investigating Judge, Laurent Kasper-Ansermet. In the six-page document, a copy of which is attached hereto, Judge Kasper-Ansermet clearly suggests that three sitting members of the Royal Government of Cambodia (the ‘RGC’) and one senior official in the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (the ‘RCAF’) should be investigated in connection with crimes committed in Democratic Kampuchea (‘DK’).

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  • International counsel for Nuon Chea the Defence call upon the ECCC Trial Chamber to immediately schedule Heng Samrin

    International counsel for Nuon Chea the Defence call upon the ECCC Trial Chamber to immediately schedule Heng Samrin

    This repeated call is made based on the factual assertions contained in a Forwarding Order issued on 4 May 2012 by the ECCC’s former international Co-Investigating Judge, Laurent Kasper-Ansermet. In the six-page document, a copy of which is attached hereto, Judge Kasper-Ansermet clearly suggests that three sitting members of the Royal Government of Cambodia (the ‘RGC’) and one senior official in the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (the ‘RCAF’) should be investigated in connection with crimes committed in Democratic Kampuchea (‘DK’).

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  • International counsel for Nuon Chea the Defence call upon the ECCC Trial Chamber to immediately schedule Heng Samrin

    International counsel for Nuon Chea the Defence call upon the ECCC Trial Chamber to immediately schedule Heng Samrin

    This repeated call is made based on the factual assertions contained in a Forwarding Order issued on 4 May 2012 by the ECCC’s former international Co-Investigating Judge, Laurent Kasper-Ansermet. In the six-page document, a copy of which is attached hereto, Judge Kasper-Ansermet clearly suggests that three sitting members of the Royal Government of Cambodia (the ‘RGC’) and one senior official in the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (the ‘RCAF’) should be investigated in connection with crimes committed in Democratic Kampuchea (‘DK’).

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  • Less than Adequate_ AICHR consultation on ASEAN Human Rights Declaration

    Less than Adequate_ AICHR consultation on ASEAN Human Rights Declaration

    Amnesty International, the International Commission of Jurists, Human Rights Watch, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), Dignity International, and ARTICLE 19 welcome the first official consultation between ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) and civil society organisations (CSOs) on the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration (AHRD), which is due to take place in Kuala Lumpur on June 22, 2012 at the Ritz Carlton Hotel.

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  • Less than Adequate_ AICHR consultation on ASEAN Human Rights Declaration

    Less than Adequate_ AICHR consultation on ASEAN Human Rights Declaration

    Amnesty International, the International Commission of Jurists, Human Rights Watch, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), Dignity International, and ARTICLE 19 welcome the first official consultation between ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) and civil society organisations (CSOs) on the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration (AHRD), which is due to take place in Kuala Lumpur on June 22, 2012 at the Ritz Carlton Hotel.

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  • Less than Adequate_ AICHR consultation on ASEAN Human Rights Declaration

    Less than Adequate_ AICHR consultation on ASEAN Human Rights Declaration

    Amnesty International, the International Commission of Jurists, Human Rights Watch, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), Dignity International, and ARTICLE 19 welcome the first official consultation between ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) and civil society organisations (CSOs) on the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration (AHRD), which is due to take place in Kuala Lumpur on June 22, 2012 at the Ritz Carlton Hotel.

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  • Final Assessment and Findings of 2012 Commune Council Elections

    Final Assessment and Findings of 2012 Commune Council Elections

    The Committee for Free and Fair Elections in Cambodia (COMFREL) deployed 5,852 election obsewers including members and staff of national and intemational NGOs for the 2012 Commune Council elections. COMFR.EL observed the process of commune/sangkat council election on June 03,201,2 and found no serious irreguladties, violence or otherwise, which would have led to the obstruction of electoral pfocess.

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  • Final Assessment and Findings of 2012 Commune Council Elections

    Final Assessment and Findings of 2012 Commune Council Elections

    The Committee for Free and Fair Elections in Cambodia (COMFREL) deployed 5,852 election obsewers including members and staff of national and intemational NGOs for the 2012 Commune Council elections. COMFR.EL observed the process of commune/sangkat council election on June 03,201,2 and found no serious irreguladties, violence or otherwise, which would have led to the obstruction of electoral pfocess.

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