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Legal Development and Human Rights in Cambodia

This page provides researchers with information on human rights issues in Cambodia. At this time, the emphasis of this page is on laws and legal institutions affecting civil society workers and advocates. Please also see our bibliography on transitional justice in Cambodia. Peacemakers Trust has created these links for research purposes only, and cannot take responsibility for content of third party websites. Inclusion of a link to a site does not imply endorsement of or association with Peacemakers Trust.

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Reports on Human Rights in Cambodia
Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC)
Human Rights and Legal Organizations in Cambodia
International Human Rights Organizations concerned with Cambodia
Law, Policies and Government Bodies in Cambodia

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Bibliography on Reconciliation and Transitional Justice in Cambodia (off this page)
Bibliography on Media in Cambodia (off this page)
Media Organizations (off this page)
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Reports on Human Rights Cambodia

Amnesty International. Reports
Article 19: Global Campaign for Free Expression. Reports on Cambodia
Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA). Statements
Cambodian Human Rights Action Committee (CHRAC). Reports.
Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). Reports
Global Witness. Reports and Summaries.
Human Rights Watch. Reports.
International Federation for Human Rights. News and Reports
LICADHO. Reports.
United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Cambodia Country office. Reports.

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Human Rights and Legal Organizations

Alliance For Freedom of Expression, a network of 28 Cambodian institutions founded November 2005.
■ Statement 17 February 2006 (pdf)

Bar Association of the Kingdom of Cambodia. BAKC website in Khmer only. See online yellow pages for contact information.
■ Law on the Bar, 1995
■ Portant Statut de la Profession D'Avocat, 1995
■ Internal Regulations of the Bar Association of the Kingdom of Cambodia
■ Code of Ethics for Lawyers Licensed with the Bar Association of the Kingdom Of Cambodia

Cambodia Human Rights Action Committee (CHRAC), a coalition of 18 Cambodian human rights organizations including ADHOC, LICADHO.
■ CHRAC home page

Cambodian Centre for Human Rights (CCHR). CCHR is a non-governmental human rights organization founded in 2002.
■ CCHR Homepage.

Cambodian Defenders Project (CDP). The CDP was established in 1994 by the International Human Rights Law Group, Cambodia Project, to strengthen respect for human rights, the legal system, rule of law and liberal democracy in Cambodia. CDP, which is scheduled to become a Cambodian NGO in 2000, operates a legal aid program, providing free representation to the poor and victims of human rights abuses. CDP also conducts education to raise legal awareness in the community, especially on women's rights, and conducts advocacy for sound legislation. P.O. Box 921, No. 12, Street 282, Boeng Keng Kang I, Phnom Penh; tel 855-23-720032 or 855-23-362524, fax 855-23-720031, e-mail cdplas@worldmail.com.kh.
■ CDP Homepage
■ Compendium of Laws of the Kingdom of Cambodia

Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC). Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC). ADHOC was the first human rights organization in Cambodia established in 1991. It conducts education and monitoring to promote the respect of human rights and rule of law in Cambodia.
■ ADHOC Homepage

Cambodian League for Promotion of Human Rights (LICADHO), #103 Street 97, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tel.: 023 364 901, 360 965, Fax: +855 23 217 626, 360 965, e-mail: licadho@camnet.com.kh. LICADHO is an acronym for La Ligue Cambodgienne pour la Promotion et la D�fense des Droits de l'Homme. Founded in 1992, the organization now has offices throughout Cambodia for the purposes of education, monitoring and defense of human rights.
■ LICADHO Homepage

Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
■ CPJ Homepage
■ Links to Statements on Cambodia

Community Legal Education Center (CLEC), is a local Cambodian NGO dedicated to the promotion of the rule of law, democracy and development in Cambodia. CLEC was established in 1997 as part of the University of San Francisco Camobodia Law and Democracy Project. It works on land law, labor law, business law, dispute resolution, legislative drafting, legal education and law reform.
■ CLEC Homepage

Cambodian Women's Crisis Center.The CWCC is a non-profit organization established in 1997 with a view to eliminating violence against women, including trafficking, rape and domestic violence. CWCC conducts training, media campaigns, community organizing, and legal advocacy. CWCC has offices and shelters in Phnom Penh, Banteay Meanchey and Siem Reap provinces.
■ CWCC Homepage

Documentation Center of Cambodia (DC-CAM). DC-CAM is a Cambodian academic research institute established in January 1995 by Yale University's Cambodian Genocide Program (CGP). The DC-Cam became an autonomous non-governmental and non-political Cambodian institute in January 1997. DC-CAM recently went on-line with an updated database of documentation concerning the atrocities of the Khmer Rouge.
■ DC-CAM Home page

Council of Arbitration. Cambodia's Arbitration Council is an independent tribunal established in 2003 under the Labor Code to decide on collective labor disputes which cannot settled by conciliation.
■ CoA Home page

Khmer Institute of Democracy (KID), House #2, Street Preah Ang Phanuvong 240 Khan, Dann Penh, Phnom Penh, tel: 855-23-427521, fax: 855-23-427521, e-mail: kid@camnet.com.kh. KID was established in 1992 for the purpose of promoting and strengthening the observance of law, human rights and democratic principles. In addition to educational activities, KID also has a monthly newsletter and publishes selected Cambodian laws for dissemination to organizations and people in Cambodia.
■ KID Homepage

Khmer Youth Association (KYA), founded in 1992, describes itself as a "humanitarian, non-political party, non-governmental and non-partisan organization working in the area of human resources development, gender, human rights, environment, and democratic development".
■ KYA Homepage

Legal Aid of Cambodia (LAC). Founded in 1995, LAC is a non-profit, non-governmental Khmer-administered association of lawyers dedicated to serving the legal needs of Cambodia's poor in all types of civil and criminal matters.
■ LAC Home page

International Human Rights NGOs and International Organizations

Amnesty International. This page contains Amnesty International's reports about Cambodia.
■ Cambodia information

Article 19: Global Campaign for Free Expression
■ A19 Homepage
■ Article 19's pages on Asia
■ Statement 24 January 2006

Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR), New Delhi
■ ACHR page on Cambodia

Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC). Use the AHRC search engine to track AHRC news and appeals concerning Cambodia.
■ AHRC Homepage
■ AHRC's page on Cambodia.
■ Statement 25 January 2006.

Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC).
■ ALRC Home page
■ ALRC's 2003 alternative report to the UN Human Rights Committee.

Asia-Pacific Human Rights (HURIGHTS). HURIGHTS OSAKA aims to promote human rights in the Asia-Pacific region and has conducted a number of initiatives in Cambodia in partnership with local human rights organizations.
■ HURIGHTS Home page

Derechos Human Rights.
■ DHR Home page
■ brief introduction to Human Rights in Cambodia.

Global Rights. Global Rights operated eight offices in Cambodia between 1993 and 2001 and works in partnership with the Cambodian Defenders Project (which was formerly a Global Rights field-based initiative). Global rights is part of the Working Group on the Extraordinary Chambers, an ad hoc coalition of international non-governmental organizations and individuals with expertise in international law and background working in Cambodia.
■ Pages on Cambodia.

Human Rights First.
■ HRF Home page
■ HRF's work on Workers Rights in Cambodia.

Human Rights Watch (HRW), works with LICADHO.
■ Cambodia documents

humantrafficking.org.
■ Documents on Cambodia.

International Freedom of Expression eXchange (IFEX)
■ Cambodia Alerts.

International Commission of Jurists (ICJ).
■ ICJ Home page
■ Pages on Cambodia

International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH)
■ FIDH Homepage
■ pages on Cambodia (Note: ADHOC and LICADHO are members of FIDH.)

International Federation of Journalists (IFJ)
■ IFJ Homepage
■ Statement 27 March 2006.

International Labour Organization (ILO). This page provides information on Cambodia's ratifications of ILO Conventions with links through to the text of the relevant conventions. This page also provides information on Cambodia's constitution and laws as well as other resources.
■ ILO summary page on Cambodia;
■ ILO's Synthesis Reports on the Working Conditions Situation in Cambodia's Garment Sector, from 2001 to the most recent reports (scroll down to links).

United Nations Cambodia Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (UN COHCHR). Civil and political human rights in Cambodia are taken up by the UN through the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Human Rights in Cambodia and the COHCHR. The COHCHR has an office in Phnom Penh and six provincial offices.
■ COHCHR Homepage
■ Links to reports of the Special Representative of the Commission on Human Rights on the situation of human rights in Cambodia
■ Links to UN agencies working in Cambodia.

Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC)

See also our Bibliography on Reconciliation and Transitional Justice in Cambodia (off this page)

Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
■ Official site

Cambodia Genocide Program, Yale University. This site contains the 2001 Cambodia legislation on the establishment of a Khmer Rouge Tribunal as well as statements, indictments, chronology. (Please update this information by referring to other events and documents including the Agreement Between UN and Cambodia on Prosecution of Khmer Rouge.)
■ News of the Tribunal to prosecute Khmer Rouge leaders.
■ Khmer Rouge Trials Task Force, Royal Government of Cambodia.

Open Society Justice Initiative
■ Extraordinary Chambers Advocacy.
■ Subscribe to the OSJI's Krttalk.

Resources on the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia
■ by David Boyle, page published by R�seau Internet Pour Le Droit International.

Links to other international tribunals, such as the International Criminal Court, former Yugoglavia, Rwanda, and Sierra Leone.
■ Links

Laws, Policies (English translations) and Government Bodies

Bayefsky.com
■ Pages on Cambodia's treaty signatures, ratifications, reservations, reports and other documents.

Council of Jurists, Office of the Council of Ministers, Kingdom of Cambodia..
■ Laws and Regulations of Cambodia. Includes treaties and conventions ratified by Cambodia.

Council for Legal and Judicial Reform (Secretariat), Office of the Council of Ministers, Kingdom of Cambodia..
■ CLJR Home Page

Laws of the Kingdom of Cambodia.
■ Compendium hosted on the site of the Cambodian Defenders Project website.

World Law: Cambodia.
■ Global catalog and search engine for various law and law-related topics, sponsored by the Australasian Legal Information Institute and the ADB.

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