Legal Development and Human Rights in Cambodia

This page provides researchers with information on human rights issues in Cambodia. Please also see our bibliography on transitional justice in Cambodia. Peacemakers Trust has created these links for research purposes only, and cannot take responsibility for content of third party websites. Inclusion of a link to a site does not imply endorsement of or association with Peacemakers Trust.

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Courts and Legal Organizations in Cambodia
Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC)
Law, Policies and Government Bodies in Cambodia
International Organizations concerned with Cambodia
Human Rights Organizations in Cambodia
International Human Rights Organizations concerned with Cambodia

Other pages
Bibliography on Reconciliation and Transitional Justice in Cambodia (off this page)

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Courts and Legal Organizations

Bar Association of the Kingdom of Cambodia.
    ■ BAKC website in Khmer only.

Cambodian Human Rights Committee
    ■ CHRC Home page

Constitutional Council of Cambodia.
    ■ CCC Homepage

Council for Legal and Judicial Reform (Secretariat), Office of the Council of Ministers, Kingdom of Cambodia..

Council of Arbitration. Cambodia's Arbitration Council was established under the Labor Code in 2003 to decide labor disputes that cannot settled by conciliation.
    ■ CoA Home page

Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
    ■ Official site
    ■ Documentation Center of Cambodia (DC-CAM). DC-CAM is a Cambodian academic research institute established in 1995 by Yale University's Cambodian Genocide Program. DC-CAM became autonomous in 1997.
    ■ Open Society Justice Initiative. See OSJI's Extraordinary Chambers Advocacy. Search for Cambodia.
    ■ Resources on the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia by David Boyle, page published by Réseau Internet Pour Le Droit International.
    ■ See also a Bibliography on Reconciliation and Transitional Justice in Cambodia (off this page)

Laws, Policies (English translations) and Government Bodies

Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in Cambodia.
    ■ A Selection of Laws Currently in Force in Cambodia

Open Development.
    ■ Laws and Regulations

Sithi was launched in 2009 as a project of the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) to provide information to empower those working on human rights in Cambodia. This site provides Khmer and English language versions of a number of relevant laws.
    ■ Sithi.org homepage

World Law: Cambodia.
    ■ Global catalog and search engine for various law and law-related topics, sponsored by the Australasian Legal Information Institute and the ADB.

International Organizations

ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nations)
    ■ ASEAN home page
    ■ ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR)
    ■ ASEAN Legal instruments

International Labour Organization (ILO). This page provides information on Cambodia's ratifications of ILO Conventions with links through to the text of the relevant conventions. This page also provides information on Cambodia's constitution and laws as well as other resources. See Cambodia Resources

United Nations in Cambodia
    ■ Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Cambodia (UN OHCHR in Cambodia).
    ■ See Cambodia OHCHR Reports.

Human Rights Organizations Located in Cambodia

Acting for Women in Distressing Situations (ASEFIP). Founded in 1996, ASEFIP provides works to combat trafficking in women and girls for sex slavery through advocacy and assistance in recovery to those rescued from sex slavery.
    ■ ASEFIP Cambodia Homepage

Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC). ADHOC was the first human rights organization in Cambodia established in 1991. It conducts education and monitoring to promote the respect of human rights and rule of law in Cambodia.
    ■ ADHOC Homepage

Cambodian Centre for Human Rights (CCHR). CCHR is a non-governmental human rights organization founded in 2002.
    ■ CCHR Homepage.

Cambodian Defenders Project (CDP).
    ■ CDP Homepage

Cambodian League for Promotion of Human Rights (LICADHO). LICADHO is an acronym for La Ligue Cambodgienne pour la Promotion et la Défense des Droits de l'Homme. Founded in 1992, the organization now has offices throughout Cambodia for the purposes of education, monitoring and defense of human rights.
    ■ LICADHO Homepage Reports.

Child Rights Foundation (CRF), is a "child-focused, non-profit, non-political and non-religious Cambodian non-governmental organization working towards full implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) in Cambodia."
    ■ CRF Homepage

Community Legal Education Center (CLEC), is a local Cambodian NGO dedicated to the promotion of the rule of law, democracy and development in Cambodia. CLEC was established in 1997 as part of the University of San Francisco Camobodia Law and Democracy Project. It works on land law, labor law, business law, dispute resolution, legislative drafting, legal education and law reform.
    ■ CLEC Homepage

Cambodian Women's Crisis Center. Founded in 1997, the CWCC is a non-profit organization working on in human rights of women and children, gender justice and the elimination of all forms of violence against women and children.
    ■ CWCC Homepage

ECPAT. End Child Prostitution, Abuse and Trafficking (ECPAT)
    ■ ECPAT Home Page

Khmer Youth Association (KYA), founded in 1992, describes itself as a "humanitarian, non-political party, non-governmental and non-partisan organization working in the area of human resources development, gender, human rights, environment, and democratic development".
    ■ KYA Homepage

Legal Aid of Cambodia (LAC). Founded in 1995, LAC is a non-profit, non-governmental Khmer-administered association of lawyers dedicated to serving the legal needs of Cambodia's poor in all types of civil and criminal matters.
    ■ LAC Home page

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International Human Rights NGOs

Amnesty International. This page contains Amnesty International's reports about Cambodia.
    ■ Cambodia information and reports

Article 19: Global Campaign for Free Expression
    ■ Article 19's page on Cambodia

Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA)
    ■ Statements

Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC). Use the AHRC search engine to track AHRC news and appeals concerning Cambodia.
    ■ AHRC pages on Cambodia

Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
    ■ CPJ pages on Cambodia.

Danish Institute for Human Rights (DIHR)
    ■ Links to DIHR's work in Cambodia which was ended in 2012.

Global Witness.
    ■ Reports and Summaries.

Human Rights First.
    ■ HRF Home page. HRF does occasional reports on Cambodia. Use the search engine.

Human Rights Watch (HRW).
    ■ Cambodia documents

International Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ICNL)
    ■ Civic Freedom Monitor: Cambodia

International Commission of Jurists (ICJ).
    ■ ICJ Home page

International Freedom of Expression eXchange (IFEX)
    ■ Cambodia Alerts.

International Justice Mission. IJM is a human rights agency working on justice for victims of slavery, sexual exploitation and other forms of violent oppression.
    ■ IJM Cambodia page

International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH)
    ■ News and Reports on Cambodia

International Federation of Journalists (IFJ)
    ■ IFJ Asia Pacific pages

See also:
Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC)

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