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CCHR announces the launch of the Cambodian Land Law Reform Project
The Cambodian Centre for Human Rights (“CCHR”) a non-aligned, independent, non-governmental organization that works to promote and protect democracy and respect for human rights in Cambodia, is delighted to announce the launch of a new project known as the Cambodian Land Law Reform Project (the “Land Project”).The Land Project, which is funded by the European Union, aims to facilitate reform of the existing legal, institutional and policy framework governing land security and tenure in Cambodia.
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Case Study Series Impunity in Banteay Meanchey
This case – whereby someone faces the full force of the law for doing his job and defending the rights of a young woman who is allegedly the victim of sexual harassment – shows that the judicial system of the Kingdom of Cambodia (“Cambodia”) is being abused, serving only to protect the interests of the powerful and well‐connected rather than to provide justice and remedies to those in need. The Cambodian judicial system is currently not fit for purpose.
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Impunity in Banteay Meanchey
This case - whereby someone faces the full force of the law for doing his job and defending the rights of a young woman who is allegedly the victim of sexual harassment - shows that the judicial system of the Kingdom of Cambodia ("Cambodia") is being abused, serving only to protect the interests of the powerful and well-connected rather than to provide justice and remedies to those in need. The Cambodian judicial system is currently not fit for purpose.
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UN Must Reconsider Commitment to Khmer Rouge Court
NEW YORK—The Open Society Justice Initiative is calling upon the United Nations to reconsider its commitment to the Khmer Rouge tribunal, following the recent resignation of International Co-Investigating Judge, Laurent Kasper-Ansermet. Judge Kasper-Ansermet is the second international judge to resign from the court in six months, due to apparent Cambodian government interference in the progress of investigations into five individuals alleged to have played significant roles in the commission of Khmer Rouge atrocities. The allegations against the five individually link them to the deaths of tens of thousands of people during the reign of the Khmer Rouge regime.
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Transforming ASEAN into a People‐Centered Community” Cambodian Civil Society Reaffirms its Commitment to Organize of ACSC/APF 2012 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia
As Cambodia takes the chairship of ASEAN in 2012, civil society in the country reaffirms its commitment to organize an ASEAN Civil Society Conference (ACSC)/ ASEAN Peoples’ Forum (APF) on March 29‐31, 2012 in Phnom Penh ahead of the 20th ASEAN Summit that will take place on April 3‐4, 2012. The National Organizing Committee of ACSC/APF has followed the legal procedure of Cambodia so that the event will go ahead as planned.
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UN Must Reconsider Commitment to Khmer Rouge Court
NEW YORK—The Open Society Justice Initiative is calling upon the United Nations to reconsider its commitment to the Khmer Rouge tribunal, following the recent resignation of International Co-Investigating Judge, Laurent Kasper-Ansermet. Judge Kasper-Ansermet is the second international judge to resign from the court in six months, due to apparent Cambodian government interference in the progress of investigations into five individuals alleged to have played significant roles in the commission of Khmer Rouge atrocities. The allegations against the five individually link them to the deaths of tens of thousands of people during the reign of the Khmer Rouge regime.
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UN Must Reconsider Commitment to Khmer Rouge Court
NEW YORK—The Open Society Justice Initiative is calling upon the United Nations to reconsider its commitment to the Khmer Rouge tribunal, following the recent resignation of International Co-Investigating Judge, Laurent Kasper-Ansermet. Judge Kasper-Ansermet is the second international judge to resign from the court in six months, due to apparent Cambodian government interference in the progress of investigations into five individuals alleged to have played significant roles in the commission of Khmer Rouge atrocities. The allegations against the five individually link them to the deaths of tens of thousands of people during the reign of the Khmer Rouge regime.
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Transforming ASEAN into a People‐Centered Community” Cambodian Civil Society Reaffirms its Commitment to Organize of ACSC/APF 2012 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia
As Cambodia takes the chairship of ASEAN in 2012, civil society in the country reaffirms its commitment to organize an ASEAN Civil Society Conference (ACSC)/ ASEAN Peoples’ Forum (APF) on March 29‐31, 2012 in Phnom Penh ahead of the 20th ASEAN Summit that will take place on April 3‐4, 2012. The National Organizing Committee of ACSC/APF has followed the legal procedure of Cambodia so that the event will go ahead as planned.
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Democracy Election and Reform in Cambodia
COMFREL continues its reports on ‘Democracy, Elections and Reform’, which assesses the annual state of democracy in Cambodia.1 The annual report takes a comparative approach in asking, what changed in comparison to previous years? Did the political system of Cambodia progress toward a consolidated democracy or is stagnation or even a regression observable, which put the democratization process into question? The assessment of the democratization process is based on the findings of the COMFREL Monitoring Units ‘Government Watch’, ‘Parliamentary Watch’, ‘Media Watch’, ‘Election Watch’, and ‘Gender Watch’.
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Transforming ASEAN into a People‐Centered Community” Cambodian Civil Society Reaffirms its Commitment to Organize of ACSC/APF 2012 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia
As Cambodia takes the chairship of ASEAN in 2012, civil society in the country reaffirms its commitment to organize an ASEAN Civil Society Conference (ACSC)/ ASEAN Peoples’ Forum (APF) on March 29‐31, 2012 in Phnom Penh ahead of the 20th ASEAN Summit that will take place on April 3‐4, 2012. The National Organizing Committee of ACSC/APF has followed the legal procedure of Cambodia so that the event will go ahead as planned.
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UN Must Reconsider Commitment to Khmer Rouge Court
NEW YORK—The Open Society Justice Initiative is calling upon the United Nations to reconsider its commitment to the Khmer Rouge tribunal, following the recent resignation of International Co-Investigating Judge, Laurent Kasper-Ansermet. Judge Kasper-Ansermet is the second international judge to resign from the court in six months, due to apparent Cambodian government interference in the progress of investigations into five individuals alleged to have played significant roles in the commission of Khmer Rouge atrocities. The allegations against the five individually link them to the deaths of tens of thousands of people during the reign of the Khmer Rouge regime.
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Transforming ASEAN into a People‐Centered Community” Cambodian Civil Society Reaffirms its Commitment to Organize of ACSC/APF 2012 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia
As Cambodia takes the chairship of ASEAN in 2012, civil society in the country reaffirms its commitment to organize an ASEAN Civil Society Conference (ACSC)/ ASEAN Peoples’ Forum (APF) on March 29‐31, 2012 in Phnom Penh ahead of the 20th ASEAN Summit that will take place on April 3‐4, 2012. The National Organizing Committee of ACSC/APF has followed the legal procedure of Cambodia so that the event will go ahead as planned.
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