• World Day Against Child Labour(June 12, 2011)

    World Day Against Child Labour(June 12, 2011)

    LICADHO and World Vision Cambodia will mark World Day Against Child Labour on June 10 and June 12 by organizing two community events to raise public awareness and actions on the worst forms of child labour.

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  • Media Comment: CCHR Condemns Probationary Sentencing for Acid Attacks

    Media Comment: CCHR Condemns Probationary Sentencing for Acid Attacks

    Kampong Cham Provincial Court yesterday sentenced a 25-year-old woman to three years of probation instead of two years in jail for dousing a mother and her two children with acid. This comes at a time when the Council of Ministers is currently considering the latest draft of the Acid Law.

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  • Internet Censorship

    Internet Censorship

    Recent moves to block certain websites reflects the inability of the Royal Government of Cambodia (the “RGC”) to accept any criticism, however constructive, and heralds the extension of government censorship to the Internet. These reported attempts at censorship confirm the RGC’s commitment to controlling new media just as it now controls traditional media.

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  • Media Comment: CCHR Condemns Probationary Sentencing for Acid Attacks

    Media Comment: CCHR Condemns Probationary Sentencing for Acid Attacks

    Kampong Cham Provincial Court yesterday sentenced a 25-year-old woman to three years of probation instead of two years in jail for dousing a mother and her two children with acid. This comes at a time when the Council of Ministers is currently considering the latest draft of the Acid Law.

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  • Media Comment: CCHR Condemns Probationary Sentencing for Acid Attacks

    Media Comment: CCHR Condemns Probationary Sentencing for Acid Attacks

    Kampong Cham Provincial Court yesterday sentenced a 25-year-old woman to three years of probation instead of two years in jail for dousing a mother and her two children with acid. This comes at a time when the Council of Ministers is currently considering the latest draft of the Acid Law.

    Read More
  • World Day Against Child Labour(June 12, 2011)

    World Day Against Child Labour(June 12, 2011)

    LICADHO and World Vision Cambodia will mark World Day Against Child Labour on June 10 and June 12 by organizing two community events to raise public awareness and actions on the worst forms of child labour.

    Read More
  • UN-Cambodia Court: Excessive secrecy, exclusion and fears of inappropriate interference

    UN-Cambodia Court: Excessive secrecy, exclusion and fears of inappropriate interference

    Amnesty International calls upon the ECCC to adopt rules, policies and practices which ensure transparency, accessibility - in particular to victims, vigorous pursuit of investigations and prosecutions, and a firm rejection of any inappropriate or unwarranted interference with the judicial process

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  • UN-Cambodia Court: Excessive secrecy, exclusion and fears of inappropriate interference

    UN-Cambodia Court: Excessive secrecy, exclusion and fears of inappropriate interference

    Amnesty International calls upon the ECCC to adopt rules, policies and practices which ensure transparency, accessibility - in particular to victims, vigorous pursuit of investigations and prosecutions, and a firm rejection of any inappropriate or unwarranted interference with the judicial process

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  • UN-Cambodia Court: Excessive secrecy, exclusion and fears of inappropriate interference

    UN-Cambodia Court: Excessive secrecy, exclusion and fears of inappropriate interference

    Amnesty International calls upon the ECCC to adopt rules, policies and practices which ensure transparency, accessibility - in particular to victims, vigorous pursuit of investigations and prosecutions, and a firm rejection of any inappropriate or unwarranted interference with the judicial process

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  • UN-Cambodia Court: Excessive secrecy, exclusion and fears of inappropriate interference

    UN-Cambodia Court: Excessive secrecy, exclusion and fears of inappropriate interference

    Amnesty International calls upon the ECCC to adopt rules, policies and practices which ensure transparency, accessibility - in particular to victims, vigorous pursuit of investigations and prosecutions, and a firm rejection of any inappropriate or unwarranted interference with the judicial process

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  • Report on Journalist Training on Reporting Freedom of Expression

    Report on Journalist Training on Reporting Freedom of Expression

    The statement addressed the concerns of journalists over Cambodia’s new Criminal Code which minimizes freedom of press and also called for removing the concerned articles limiting such freedom.

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  • Juvenile Justice: Pre-trial Detention and Sentencing in the Cambodian Justice System

    Juvenile Justice: Pre-trial Detention and Sentencing in the Cambodian Justice System

    "This International Children’s Day, the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”) would like to draw attention to the rights of juvenile accused to a fair trial. The rights and best interests of the child must be a primary consideration at all stages of the trial process. Sadly this is not the current state of affairs in Cambodia. I believe with a coopera approach with government, working in partnership with donors, NGOs and private organizations Cambodia can develop an effective juvenile justice process that ensures that young persons who break the law receive adequate support to become constructive members of society"

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