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Should Convicted Foreign Child Sex Offenders Be Deported from Cambodia?
Publication Year: 2015 / Sources: Action pour les Enfants (APLE Cambodia)Criminal deportation refers to the situation in which an individual is ordered or transported out of a state as a result of a criminal conviction. While in multiple countries the number of criminal deportations is rising exponentially, still less than one in three convicted foreign child sex offenders are ordered to be deported from Cambodia after finishing their sentence. Little is known about judges’ motivations behind deportation orders or the absence thereof.
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Criminal Justice Response to Wildlife and Forest Crime in Cambodia
Publication Year: 2015 / Sources: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)It is not only Cambodia’s forests that have been exploited. Many of Cambodia’s fauna species have also been targeted and continue to be subjected to illegal trafficking to feed markets in China and Vietnam. Recent seizures point to transnational organised crime groups targeting Cambodia as a transit point for ivory and rhino horn from Africa. The objective of this study therefore is to determine what role the criminal justice system in Cambodia plays in combating the illegal trade in timber and wildlife.
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Taking to the Streets: Freedom of Peaceful Assembly in Cambodia
Publication Year: 2015 / Sources: Amnesty InternationalThe report reveals a pattern of violations: the imposition of arbitrary restrictions on freedom of peaceful assembly; the unnecessary and excessive use of force by security forces policing assemblies; a culture of impunity surrounding human rights violations committed in the context of assemblies; and the use of the judiciary to harass those who organize and participate in assemblies.
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30 Years of Hun Sen: Violence, Repression, and Corruption in Cambodia
Publication Year: 2015 / Sources: Human Rights WatchThis report describes the human rights record of Hun Sen since his time as a Khmer Rouge commander during the 1970s. It is based on materials in Khmer, English, Vietnamese, and Chinese. These include official and other Cambodian documents; interviews with Cambodian officials and other Cambodians by Human Rights Watch, other NGOs, journalists, and academics, and United Nations records, foreign government reports, and Cambodian court proceedings.
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Scandal Inside the Global Supply Chains of 50 Top Companies
Publication Year: 2016 / Sources: International Trade Union ConfederationWorking people pay the price of the scandal – slavery, informal work, precarious short-term contracts, low wages, unsafe work and dangerous chemicals, forced overtime, attacks by governments on labour laws and social protection, inequality – it’s all part of a great global scandal that is today driven by corporate greed with an eternal quest for profit and shareholder value. In this report there is also the testimony from Cambodia, low wages workers in global supply chains, and other countries.
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