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Statement | CHRAC expresses concern over increasing political violence
28 August 2001
CHRAC urged the government to take action to curb the increasing political violence in the run- up to the February 2002 Commune Elections.
Statement | CHRAC opposes violence against Siem Reap vendors
25 July 2001
CHRAC expressed concern about the authorities' use of violence against vendors in Siem Reap following disagreement over a market construction project.
Statement | Statement on the Killing of Uch Horn
19 July 2001
CHRAC expressed its concern about the level of violence in the period before the Commune Council Elections, after the killing of a Sam Rainsy Party candidate.
Statement | CHRAC calls for amendments to law on the Creation of the Khmer Rouge Tribunal
3 May 2001
CHRAC called on the Cambodian government to introduce amendments to the law on the creation of the Khmer Rouge Tribunal in order to bring the law into accord with the agreement between the Government and the United Nations.
Statement | CHRAC supports asylum for 24 Montagnard refugees
9 April 2001
24 Montagnard refugees entered Cambodia as refugees from Vietnam following a crackdown on dissent by the Vietnamese authorities. After initially refusing asylum, the Cambodian government later agreed to allow the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees to process their claims for refugee status. In this press release, CHRAC supports the government's decision.
Report | Rape and Indecent Assault in Cambodia 2001
1 February 2001
This full report thoroughly covers the incidence of rape in Cambodia, the multiple challenges victims face in seeking legal redress, and the causes of impunity for offenders.
Briefing | Rape and Indecent Assault in Cambodia 2001 Summary 2001
1 February 2001
This report, a summary of the full report on rape and indecent assault, discusses the incidence of rape in Cambodia, the multiple challenges victims face in seeking legal redress, and the causes of impunity for offenders.
Report | Less than Human: Torture in Camboda 2000
1 June 2000
This report thoroughly documents the problem of torture in Cambodia, then offers recommendations to reduce and eliminate its occurrence.
Briefing | Child Abuse and Exploitation in Cambodia 2000
1 February 2000
This briefing paper presents the major problems confronting children in Cambodia, including rape, trafficking, and child labor.
Document | Open Letter "Is it time for an independent rights commission?"
30 January 2000
"There is a growing behind-the-scenes debate within Cambodian political and donor communities over the merits of establishing a new, independent National Human Rights Commission by law, similar to such bodies set up in other Asian countries.
The need for an effective mechanism to protect Cambodians' human rights is selfevident. Virtually every day in Cambodia, serious rights violations are committed by State employees such as police, soldiers, bodyguards and civil servants. People are murdered, beaten, raped, or have their land taken. More often than not, the perpetrators do not face justice.(...)"
Open letter by Dr. Kek Galabru, President of LICADHO
Report | Impunity in Cambodia: How Human Rights Offenders Escape Justice 1999
1 June 1999
This report documents one of the most serious problems in Cambodia- the failure of the justice system to punish perpetrators of human rights abuses, a condition referred to as "impunity". Following thorough documentation, the report examines the causes of the problem and offers recommendations to solve it.
Briefing | Child Soldiers in Cambodia
1 June 1998
It has been commonplace in recent years in areas of conflict and particularly in developing countries to find widespread use of children as soldiers, in government and rebel armies, and Cambodia has been no exception. There has been evidence of child soldiers in Cambodia over a considerable period of time, from the Lon Nol regime, especially under the Khmer Rouge regime, and up to the present day. This report is not intended to be comprehensive, but it will give an account of information uncovered by LICADHO concerning this issue over the last three years.
Document | Comment on the report of the Royal Cambodian Government under the ICCPR
1 March 1998
LICADHO and ADHOC released this report to comment on the claims of the Cambodian government concerning its implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). The report examines the situation of human rights in Cambodia for each article of the ICCPR, offering examples to demonstrate their position.
Briefing | Child Labor in Cambodia Notes
1 January 1998
This paper discusses distinguishing between harmful child labor and labor which is less detrimental to the child's development.
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