Case Study Series: Buying Senate Election Votes

A recent attempt by two men to buy the vote of a commune councillor in the Senate election has highlighted the endemic nature of corruption in the political spheres of the Kingdom of Cambodia (“Cambodia”) and the failure of government institutions to address the situation. This fact sheet outlines the incident, before summarising the domestic and international laws relevant to vote buying and the failure of existing domestic laws to offer protections to those who report incidences of corruption. This fact sheet is written by the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”), a non-aligned, independence, non-governmental organization (“NGO”) that works to promote and protect democracy and respect for human rights — primarily civil and political rights — throughout Cambodia.