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Report of the Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights Mission to Assess the Current Situation of Criminal Justice in Cambodia
The experts found that a common feature of their meetings with the officials of all departments of the Royal Government of Cambodia was the expression of a desire to improve the working systems
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Situation of Human Rights in Cambodia
Human rights practice depends to a large extent on attitudes among the people in power. Ordinary people do normally understand the crucial importance of having rights and ensuring that those rights are respected.
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Donors Should Hold Cambodia to Its Human Rights Commitments
As Cambodia’s international donors prepared to meet in Tokyo on February 25-26 for the first time since the July 1997 coup, Human Rights Watch called on participants to attach human rights conditions to any pledges of non-humanitarian aid to the Cambodian government. Prime Minister Hun Sen will be attending the donor meeting, convened by the World Bank, at Japan’s invitation.
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Role and Achievements of the OHCHR Cambodia
The political climate in 1998 was overshadowed by the events of July 1997, with many opposition politicians remaining outside the country for several months. As a result, the National Assembly functioned at a much reduced level, and the work of ministries was hampered by political uncertainties and a lack of direction. The office’s technical assistance activities inevitably slowed down as a result, but nevertheless many programmes registered useful achievements.
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Human Rights Watch Denounces Killing of Cambodian Rights Worker
Human Rights Watch today denounced the killing of a Cambodian human rights activist in Kandal Province on December 19 and called for the prompt investigation, arrest and prosecution of the perpetrators of the murder.
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Monitoring of Election Related Intimidation and Violence
To maintain contact with the Government and people of Cambodia, to guide and coordinate the United Nations human rights presence in Cambodia, to assist the Government in the promotion and protection of human rights.
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Killings and Other Instances of Violent Deaths Documented in and Around
Chem Pich, alias Horn Keo Davy, 38, a moto taxi driver living in the Tonle Bassac quarter, was killed by a bullet in the head on the evening of 7 September, in front of the Cambodiana. On that evening, Chem Pich had gone out to join the demonstration in front of the National Assembly and subsequently joined protesters in front of the Cambodiana Hotel.
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Situation of Human Rights in Cambodia
The Special Representative, in accordance with his mandate, has maintained contact with the Government and people of Cambodia. During his three most recent visits he met government representatives and officials at the national, provincial and local levels as well as representatives of political parties and non governmental organizations.
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Cambodia: Opposition Activists Targeted In Post-Election Reprisals
The waning of post-election political violence in Cambodia following an appeal by the Second Prime Minister Hun Sen showed that the Cambodian leader did indeed have the power to turn such violence on and off at will, Human Rights Watch said in a statement today. But the organization said that the fear created by attacks and threats in the immediate post-election period had already done its work, making people in Phnom Penh and outside the capital wary of voicing dissent or supporting opposition organizations. It called on the international community to exert pressure on Hun Sen to disarm and punish the perpetrators of the latest incidents of attacks on opposition party members so that Cambodians could freely exercise their rights to freedom of expression, association, and assembly.
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