In Cambodia 65 per cent of the population are under the age of 30, and more than 30 per cent are youths. Consequently, ensuring youths are more engaged in society is vital for campaigns to promote integrity and eradicate corruption. The Youth Integrity…
Corruption and Cambodia’s Governance System: The Need for Reform
The Cambodia National Integrity System Assessment provides an evaluation of the state of the country’s governance system. It assesses 13 institutions from the Judiciary to the Anti-Corruption Unit to civil society. A well-functioning National Integrity System safeguards against corruption and contributes to…
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Justice versus corruption: challenges to the independence of the judiciary in Cambodia
This report has been prepared following an International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute fact-finding mission to Cambodia in April 2015. It firstly examines the independence of the judiciary in Cambodia and identify the factors, including systemic issues, affecting this independence. Secondly,…
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Childhood Behind Bars: Growing Up in a Cambodian Prison
In Cambodia today there are many young children living in prison with their mothers yet there is little understanding amongst authorities and society at large of the short and long term impact of prison life on children. In this, Cambodia…
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Lower Sesan 2 Hydropower Dam: Current Livelihoods of Local Communities
The main purpose of this study is to seek to understand the current livelihood status of the people who will affected by the proposed Lower Sesan 2 Hydropower Dam and to present people’s views and awareness on project, impacts, compensation…
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A Turning Point? Land Housing and Natural Resources Rights in Cambodia in 2012
This report is intended to be comprehensive. It deals with land concessions, land disputes, forced evictions and encroachment on natural resources from a human rights and development perspective. However, extractive industries are beyond its scope.
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Country for Sale
This report is based on investigations carried out by Global Witness in 2008 and looks at one part of this wider phenomenon – the emerging oil, gas and mineral sectors. It makes the case for greater efforts by the Cambodian…
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Fighting Corruption in Cambodia: The Demand for an International Standard Anti Corruption Law in Cambodia
The RGC has made a commitment to “work rigorously with all stakeholders” on the draft law. As a citizen of Cambodia from government, private and civil society sectors you have the right to ensure that the government keeps its commitments to produce an international…
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Cambodia: Draft Law on Access to Information
This Memorandum examines the Draft Law on Access to Information (the “Draft Law”) that was submitted by the opposition Sam Rainsy Party, to the National Assembly on 23 December 2010.1 The purpose of this Memorandum is to examine this Draft Law…
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