Modules on Fair Trial Rights

• Released Date: 19-Sep-2022
• Publication: Others

Modules on Fair Trial Rights with 14 lessons which were produced by Fair Trial Rights Project.

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Appeal Hearing Monitoring Checklist

• Released Date: 01-Jan-2021
• Publication: Others

This Checklist is produced for the ’’monitoring at the Court of Appeal with a list of 104 questions ’’related to fair trial right standards in order to assess the level of ’’adherence to fair trial rights. (This checklist is available in English version)

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Fair Trial Manual (Published by Amnesty International)

• Released Date: 10-Apr-2014
• Publication: Others

This Manual seeks to provide a practical guide to the relevant human rights standards for anyone involved in examining how well a criminal trial or a justice system meets international standards of fairness. It is intended for the use of trial observers and others assessing the fairness of an individual case, as well as for anyone seeking to evaluate the extent to which a country’s criminal justice system guarantees respect for international standards of fair trial. It may also serve as a guide for law makers, judges, prosecutors and defense lawyers or as a training tool.

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Guidance Notes for CCHR Appeal Court Monitoring Checklist

• Released Date: 29-Jan-2014
• Publication: Others

This checklist guidance is guidance’’only and should not be constructed as definitive. Its purpose is to explain the’’meaning and purpose of each question.The use of examples has been limited to avoid’’confusion. It is not possible to provide definitive guidance and examples to’’cover every potential relevant development during a hearing. (This Guidance is available in English version)

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Handbook for Criminal Procedure in Cambodian Courts: Pre-Trial and Trial Procedures

• Released Date: 26-Aug-2013
• Publication: Others

This handbook – “Pre-Trial and Trial Procedures: A Handbook for Criminal Procedure in Cambodian Courts” – is intended to be a user-friendly guide that concisely lays out the key pre-trial and trial procedures and the basic appeal process in Cambodian courts for easy access and understanding by those without formal legal training. Accordingly, the handbook is primarily aimed at members of the public, law students, and new lawyers.

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Fair Trial Rights and Trial Monitoring Handbook

• Released Date: 13-Feb-2012
• Publication: Others

The independent and efficient functioning of the judiciary is central to the protection and enforcement of human rights. The Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia (the “Constitution”) provides for recognition and respect for human rights, as stipulated in all relevant international instruments. This includes the right to a fair trial, more specifically defined in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (the “ICCPR”) as “the right of every person accused of a crime to receive a fair and public hearing by a competent, independent and impartial tribunal established by law”.

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The Rights of Persons Under Arrest (Arrest Rights Card)

• Released Date: 06-Feb-2012
• Publication: Others

Under Cambodian law, anyone who is held in police custody has some basic rights to protect them from ill‐treatment. These rights belong to everyone who has been detained—they should not be taken away from you.

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Guidance Notes for CCHR Trial Monitoring Checklist for Courts of First Instance

• Released Date: 30-Jul-2011
• Publication: Others

This checklist guidance is guidance only and should not be construed as definitive. Its purpose is to explain the meaning and purpose of each question. The use of examples has been limited to avoid confusion. It is not possible to provide definitive guidance and examples to cover every potential relevant development at trial. (This document is available only in English version)

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Trial Monitoring Checklist of CCHR’s Trial Monitoring Project for Court of First Instance

• Released Date: 25-Jul-2011
• Publication: Others

This trial monitoring checklist is written by the Trial Monitoring Project of the Cambodian Center for Human Rights ("CCHR") - which have been updated as of July 2011 for daily basis Trial Monitors of the Project using during monitoring at the Court of First Instance.

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Circular No​ 001 on the Administration and Control of Civil Prisons in the Kingdom of Cambodia (1998)

• Released Date: 04-Oct-2010
• Publication: Others

Circular No001 on the Administration and Control of Civil Prisons in the Kingdom of Cambodia adopted in Phnom Penh on 31 March 2013. (This document is available only in Khmer version)

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Proclamation No 217 on the Administration of Prisons (1998)

• Released Date: 01-Oct-2010
• Publication: Others

The Proclamation No 217 on the Administration of Prisons was enacted for the purpose of providing authority to manage security and order within the prison and prisoners to ensure public security and order in society. (This document is available only in Khmer version)

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Law on Aggravating Circumstances for Felonies (2001)

• Released Date: 02-Aug-2010
• Publication: Others

This Law was adopted by the National Assembly on 19 December 2001, during the 7th session, of its 2nd legislature.​This law defines the aggravating circumstances for felonies to reinforcement public security in Cambodia. (This law is available only in Khmer version)

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