They Will Need Land!
Publication Year: 2016 / Sources: Jean-Christophe, Mekong Region Land GovernanceThey Will Need Land!
The current land tenure situation and future land allocation needs of smallholder farmers in Cambodia
The objective of this background paper is to provide a succinct description of the land tenure situation in Cambodia and, on that basis, discuss the needs smallholder farmers have for land, projected up to the year 2030. The main problem it examines lies at the intersection between, on one hand, the demographic increase in the rural smallholder population and its associated need for land in the future (the demand side) and, on the other hand, the possibility offered by the different land tenure regimes to meet this demand (the supply side); the central question focuses on how supply can meet demand.
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Legal Analysis of The Prosecution of Four Mother Nature Activists
Publication Year: 2016 / Sources: Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR)Legal Analysis aims to examine whether the charging of the four charged persons, along with the lengthy pre-trial detention ofthe three detainees, is reasonable and sufficiently supported by the available evidence. This Legal Analysis:
1. Provides factualcontext and background for the case
2. Introduces the facts of the case, the charges against all four charged persons, thedetention of three of the charged persons, and the enforced exile of Alejandro Gonzalez-Davidson from Cambodia
3. Providesan overview of the applicable domestic law and binding international human rights standards
4. Conducts an analysis of thecharges 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 inrelation to Alejandro Gonzalez-Davidson, and the charge against the three detained charged persons is unfounded due to thelack of evidence against those charged.
Global Fund Opinion Report: Governance, Risk Management and Internal Control
Publication Year: 2016 / Sources: The Global FundThe purpose of this annual opinion report is twofold: to provide Board members with an independent perspective on the maturity of the Global Fund’s internal controls, governance and risk management processes; and to highlight important challenges and opportunities for the organization to move up along the maturity curve.
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Lower Sesan 2 Hydropower Dam: Current Livelihoods of Local Communities
Publication Year: 2012 / Sources: The NGO Forum on CambodiaThe 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 and resettlement.
This research is divided into two phases, i.e., the baseline research and the final research. The report on baseline research shows only information during the stage when people have not resettled. The collection of information for the final research will be made 2-3 years after people moved to new places due to the construction of the proposed dam to make a comparison of livelihoods before and after resettlement.