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Cambodia Economic Update: Improving Macroeconomic and Financial Resilience

The Cambodia Economic Update (CEU) is produced bi-annually to provide up-to-date information on macroeconomic developments in Cambodia. It is published and distributed widely to the Cambodian authorities, the development partner community, the private sector, think tanks, civil society organizations, non-government organizations, and academia.

Cambodia Economic Update: Maintaining High Growth

The Cambodia Economic Update (CEU) is produced bi-annually to provide up-to-date information on macroeconomic developments in Cambodia. It is published and distributed widely to the Cambodian authorities, the development partner community, the private sector, think tanks, civil society organizations, non-government organizations, and academia.

Global Peace Index 2016

This is the tenth edition of the Global Peace Index (GPI), which ranks 163 independent states and terrorists according to their level of peacefulness. Produced by the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP), the GPI is the world’s leading measure of global peacefulness. The tenth anniversary report presents the most comprehensive analysis to date on the trends in peace and violence over the past ten years.

Legal Analysis of The Prosecution of Four Mother Nature Activists

Legal Analysis aims to examine whether the charging of the four charged persons, along with the lengthy pre-trial detention of​the three detainees, is reasonable and sufficiently supported by the available evidence. This Legal Analysis:
1. Provides factual​context and background for the case
2. Introduces the facts of the case, the charges against all four charged persons, the​detention of three of the charged persons, and the enforced exile of Alejandro Gonzalez-Davidson from Cambodia
3. Provides​an overview of the applicable domestic law and binding international human rights standards
4. Conducts an analysis of the​charges and applies the law to the reported facts
5. Explores a number of related legal issues, including Alejandro Gonzalez-Davidson’s right to be present at his trial, and the legality of the prolonged pre-trial detention of the other three detainees
6. Concludes that the prolonged pre-trial detention of the three activists is arbitrary, the accessory offense is inappropriate in​relation to Alejandro Gonzalez-Davidson, and the charge against the three detained charged persons is unfounded due to the​lack of evidence against those charged.

Off the Streets: Arbitrary Detention and Other Abuses against Sex Workers in Cambodia

In Cambodia, those tasked with upholding the law are often those who inflict some of the worst abuse. Sex workers in particular know this to be true. Women and girls involved in sex work face beatings, rape, sexual harassment, extortion, arbitrary arrest and detention, forced labor, and other cruel and degrading treatment at the hands of police, public park security guards, government officials, and those working in the centers and offices run by the Ministry of Social Affairs, Veterans, and Youth Rehabilitation (MOSAVY).

Sex workers told Human Rights Watch that police officers beat them with their fists, sticks, wooden handles, and batons that administer electric shocks. Police officers also threatened sex workers with guns. In several instances, police officers raped sex workers while they were in police detention. Some sex workers described being detained in Social Affairs centers under horrific conditions, with restricted freedom of movement, experiencing or witnessing beatings or rapes, and inadequate food and medical care.