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Perceiving and Fighting Corruption in Cambodia
Corruption is perceived, above all, as abuse of power. Respondents saw it as pervasive, a permanent part of Cambodian life, it implies giver, taker co-operation, it has some social utility. Teachers are perceived as the most corrupt (with the effects one can imagine), closely followed by local officials and police.
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Report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Human Rights in Cambodia, Yash Ghai
In the report, the Special Representative addresses problems of a systemic nature from the perspective of commitments in the peace agreements adopted in Paris on 23 October 1991. These agreements recognized the central importance of human rights in establishing and maintaining peace and prosperity for all Cambodians, and contained provisions to promote human rights and constitutional guarantees for their protection.
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Report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Human Rights in Cambodia, Yash Ghai
In the report, the Special Representative addresses problems of a systemic nature from the perspective of commitments in the peace agreements adopted in Paris on 23 October 1991. These agreements recognized the central importance of human rights in establishing and maintaining peace and prosperity for all Cambodians, and contained provisions to promote human rights and constitutional guarantees for their protection.
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Report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Human Rights in Cambodia, Yash Ghai
In the report, the Special Representative addresses problems of a systemic nature from the perspective of commitments in the peace agreements adopted in Paris on 23 October 1991. These agreements recognized the central importance of human rights in establishing and maintaining peace and prosperity for all Cambodians, and contained provisions to promote human rights and constitutional guarantees for their protection.
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Situation of Human Rights in Cambodia
In his introduction to the report, the Special Representative of the Secretary General for human rights in Cambodia provides an account of his second mission to Cambodia in March 2006, and details his continuing concerns, which were reflected in his subsequent statement to the Human Rights Council in September.
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Report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Human Rights in Cambodia, Yash Ghai
In the report, the Special Representative addresses problems of a systemic nature from the perspective of commitments in the peace agreements adopted in Paris on 23 October 1991. These agreements recognized the central importance of human rights in establishing and maintaining peace and prosperity for all Cambodians, and contained provisions to promote human rights and constitutional guarantees for their protection.
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Launch of Campaign and Reports on Violations of Children’s Legal Rights and Living Conditions in Prison
Phnom Penh –- January 29th, 2007 – Nearly 500 children are currently detained in Cambodia’s prisons. For these children, the prisons they call “home” are overcrowded, unhygienic and lacking in basic facilities. Many are detained with adults, are regularly held in pre-trial detention that exceeds the legal time limit, and many are sentenced to prison time without any regard to their age. They suffer the same poor living conditions, food rations and health provisions as the detained adults and have limited access to education, training and legal representation.
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3 Years of Injustice for Born Samnang & Sok Sam Oeun
On the three-year anniversary of the arrests of Born Samnang and Sok Sam Oeun, Cambodian NGOs and trade unions are today launching a continuous public campaign for their release from prison.
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Civil Society Deeply Concerned about the ECCC Draft Internal Rules Progress
PHNON PENH, January 24, 2007: Over the past few days, Cambodian Human Rights Action Committee (“CHRAC”), a coalition of 23 member NGOs, has learned from a source who wishes to remain anonymous that there have been disturbing developments in the progress of the rules committee and the future of the ECCC – including the possible pull-out of international senior officials should the Internal Rules not meet minimum international standards.
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