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Document: Open Letter "We need an independent National Human Rights Commission"
Pages: "(...)Human rights NGOs have long seen the need for a truly independent and effective National Human Rights Commission. An NGO draft law to establish such a commission has been in discussion by a group of NGOs since 1997, when it was written, and the fact that it is still being discussed today indicates its importance in ensuring human rights in Cambodia. The controversy that it has generated in negotiations reveals the power that the proposed commission would hold to challenge human rights abuses in the country.(...)"
Open letter by Dr. Kek Galabru, President of LICADHO
Released in May 2004 (permalink)
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Cambodian children love to study, but Cambodia lacks schools, teachers and materials. Poverty and corruption force most students, especially female students, to drop out before finishing secondary school. In many families, children play an important role in family survival, helping with various tasks such as farming, picking through garbage, and selling. Cambodian children are also vulnerable to abuses such as the worst forms of child labour, domestic violence, rape and trafficking.
Released in April 2004 (permalink)
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LICADHO took the occasion of International Women`s Day to release this report, which details problems related to prosecution of rape in the Cambodian legal system, as well as the challenges victims face.
Released in March 2004 (permalink)
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Throwing acid is one of the worst crimes that a person can commit. The perpetrator usually does not want to kill the victim, but wants to do something worse than murder - make the victim suffer forever. Acid melts human flesh and even bones, causing excruciating pain and terror, and leaves the victims mutilated and scarred for the rest of their lives. Some suffer permanent disabilities such as blindness.
In this report LICADHO explores the increase in the use of acid in attacks and documents the reasons for its use.
Released in December 2003 (permalink)
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This briefing paper provides the most recent update on the nature and extent of threats facing human rights defenders in Cambodia.
Released in December 2003 (permalink)
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In this report, the Neutral and Impartial Committee on Free and Fair Elections in Cambodia (NICFEC), releases its final evaluation of whether the July 2003 National Assembly Elections in Cambodia were free and fair.
Released in December 2003 (permalink)
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This study, released by the Child Welfare Group in May 2003, assessed the availability of pornography to minors as a first step toward determining whether pornography might influence young people to commit sexual assault.
Released in May 2003 (permalink)
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This report examines the nature, extent and possible causes of torture in police custody in Cambodia during 2001 and 2002. It is hoped that the information in this paper will be used to raise awareness among government officials and the general public to the situation of torture in police custody.
Released in April 2003 (permalink)
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This briefing paper provides a general overview of the nature and extent of threats facing human rights defenders in Cambodia.
Released in December 2002 (permalink)
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This paper briefly explores the status of several civil rights in Cambodia, from the right to a fair trial to freedom of association.
Released in December 2002 (permalink)
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