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Child Protection Policy Brief 2015
Publication Year: 2015 / Sources: World VisionThe Royal Government of Cambodia has made significant progress in establishing legal and policy frameworks that create protective environments for children, including national and sub-national mechanisms. However, gaps in law enforcement, inconsistent policy implementation, and limited accountability of local mechanisms remain and put children at risk.
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A System Just for Children: Voices of child victims and witnesses about their experiences in the Cambodian Criminal Justice System
Publication Year: 2015 / Sources: UnicefThis research is one of the first conducted in Cambodia to look in detail at the experience of child witnesses and victims who go through the Cambodian criminal justice system. It particularly aims to give voice to children’s views in order to contribute to the development of criminal court procedures that more fully reflect the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), especially Article 12.
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The Cost of Luxury: Cambodia’s illegal trade in precious wood with China
Publication Year: 2015 / Sources: Global WitnessCambodia is reported to have the fifth highest deforestation rate in the world. In 1970, forests covered approximately 70 percent of the country’s territory but by 2013 total tree cover (including plantations) was estimated at only 43 percent.
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Cambodia: The Bitter Taste of Sugar Displacement and Dispossession in Oddar Meanchey Province
Publication Year: 2015 / Sources: Oxfam & ActionAidLand has been the single most contentious issue in Cambodia with Economic Land Concessions or ELCs the biggest conduit for land grabs in the last two decades. This research study focused exclusively on the sugar concessions in Oddar Meanchey Province.
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Cambodia Human Development Report 2011: The Future of Rural Livelihoods in the Face of Climate Change
Publication Year: 2011 / Sources: Ministry of Environment of Cambodia & UNDP CambodiaThe focus in this Cambodia Human Development Report (CHDR) is on climate change and rural livelihoods. While this captures only part of the picture of climate change in Cambodia, it is an essential starting point. Even though Cambodia is changing rapidly and the distinctions between rural and urban are becoming less clear, most people continue to depend on a rural economy and natural resources.
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