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CCHR to Monitor Trial of Wife of Prominent Businessman
On Wednesday 5 January 2011, Trial Monitors from the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) will attend and monitor the trial of Seng Chenda, wife of prominent businessman Khaou Chuly, and four accomplices; Chan Sokha, Neang Sinath, Khorn Lak and Yin Sophearith, at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court. The defendants have been charged with the attempted murder of Seng Chenda’s step-daughter, Suv Chantha, wife of Sun Chanthol, vice chairman of the Council for the Development of Cambodia and former minister of public works and transport. If found guilty, they could face a maximum sentence of life in prison.
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Draft Law on Associations & NGOs: Cambodian Civil Society Under Threat
He recently-released draft Law on Associations and Non-Governmental Organizations confirms long-standing fears that the government’s desire for such a law is in order to control, rather than promote and strengthen, civil society. The draft law - which falls far short of meeting international standards for laws on the non-profit sector - constitutes the most serious threat to civil society in Cambodia in years. While this threat may appear to be most acute for human rights defenders, it has serious negative implications for community development and democratic participation on a broader scale.
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Draft Law on Associations & NGOs: Cambodian Civil Society Under Threat
He recently-released draft Law on Associations and Non-Governmental Organizations confirms long-standing fears that the government’s desire for such a law is in order to control, rather than promote and strengthen, civil society. The draft law - which falls far short of meeting international standards for laws on the non-profit sector - constitutes the most serious threat to civil society in Cambodia in years. While this threat may appear to be most acute for human rights defenders, it has serious negative implications for community development and democratic participation on a broader scale.
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Draft Law on Associations & NGOs: Cambodian Civil Society Under Threat
he recently-released draft Law on Associations and Non-Governmental Organizations confirms long-standing fears that the government’s desire for such a law is in order to control, rather than promote and strengthen, civil society. The draft law - which falls far short of meeting international standards for laws on the non-profit sector - constitutes the most serious threat to civil society in Cambodia in years. While this threat may appear to be most acute for human rights defenders, it has serious negative implications for community development and democratic participation on a broader scale.
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CCHR to Monitor Trial of Wife of Prominent Businessman
On Wednesday 5 January 2011, Trial Monitors from the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) will attend and monitor the trial of Seng Chenda, wife of prominent businessman Khaou Chuly, and four accomplices; Chan Sokha, Neang Sinath, Khorn Lak and Yin Sophearith, at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court. The defendants have been charged with the attempted murder of Seng Chenda’s step-daughter, Suv Chantha, wife of Sun Chanthol, vice chairman of the Council for the Development of Cambodia and former minister of public works and transport. If found guilty, they could face a maximum sentence of life in prison.
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Freedom in the World
In June 2011, the UN-backed tribunal trying former leaders of the Khmer Rouge placed the remaining four defendants on trial, following the conviction of the first in 2010. But tribunal staff members resigned after the body proved unwilling to investigate other suspects still at large. Critics of the government continued to face legal harassment, while the leadership used a border dispute with Thailand to boost nationalism and consolidate the power of Prime Minister Hun Sen and his family. Separately, new incidents of land grabs by companies with links to the government, along with protests against these practices, continued in the Cambodian countryside.
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Annual Report
The project is to provide target groups, Khmer Kampuchea Krom, who currently live in 5provinces including 7 districts, 8 communes and 11 villages and there are 1262 of directholders and 1686 are indirect holders will participate with the project as indicated in the list below.
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Rural Poverty Report 2011
This report is a product of staff of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the findings and conclusions expressed herein do not necessarily reflect the views of its Member States or their representatives to its Executive Board. IFAD does not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in this work. The designations employed and the presentation of material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of IFAD concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. The designations “developed” and “developing” countries are intended for statistical convenience and do not necessarily express a judgement about the stage reached by a particular country or area in the development process.
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International Religious Freedom Report for 2011 (Cambodia)
The constitution and other laws and policies protect religious freedom and, in practice, the government generally respected religious freedom. The government did not demonstrate a trend toward either improvement or deterioration in respect for and protection of the right to religious freedom.
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World Report 2011: Cambodia
The Cambodian government increased its repression of freedoms of expression, assembly, and association in 2010, tightening the space for civil society to operate.
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Comboting Acid Violence in Bangladesh, India, and Cambodia
This Report was made possible by the Generous support of the Avon Foundation for Women, This Report was researched by the faculty and staff of the Avon Global Center for women and Justice, students from the Cornell Law school International Human Rights Clinic, and members of the committee on the International Human Rights of the New York City Bar Association and does not necessarily reflect the view of the individual members of the Avon Global Center for Women and Justice’s Steering Committee, the Avon Foundation, or the Avon Corporation.
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