The inauguration of the Legal Documentation Centre relating to the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia
On 27 June 2017, the Embassy of Japan and the Council of Ministers are going to hold the inauguration of the Legal Documentation Centre (LDC) relating to the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC). Japan has contributed about 2.354 million US dollars through the Japanese ...
Embassy of Japan in Cambodia
Minister seeks courts reform
The Justice Minister has urged court officials to work independently, responsibly and ethically to strengThen The judicial system and improve public trust of The judiciary. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5075899/minister-seeks-courts-reform/
EU council condemns crackdown but stops short of concrete action
The Foreign Affairs Council of The European Union yesterday adopted a set of conclusions condemning “recent worrying political developments and The continuing deterioration of democracy” in Cambodia, though some politicians expressed regret about a missed opportunity to take concrete measures. The conclusions, passed by The European ...
Leonie Kijewski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/eu-council-condemns-crackdown-stops-short-concrete-action
Python skin origins unclear
The International Union for The Conservation of Nature (IUCN) on Monday warned that allegedly farmed python skins originating from Cambodia could in fact have been harvested in The wild, and called for surveys to determine The scale and impact of possible python hunting in The ...
Stuart White
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/python-skin-origins-unclear
Refugee helper missing
A Cambodian national who was allegedly arrested on Thursday alongside dozens of Montagnard asylum seekers remained missing yesterday, while those sent back to Vietnam were reportedly abused by authorities for their attempted escape. Forty-two-year-old Dy Heun, an ethnic Jarai from Ratanakkiri province, was officially reported missing ...
Phak Seangly and Alice Cuddy
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/refugee-helper-missing
CNRP youth leaders denied right to receive family visits
LICADHO calls for immediate family access to all three CNRP youth leaders currently detained in Prey Sar’s CC1 prison. ...
Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (LICADHO)
UN investigating possible refugee deaths
After 11 more Montagnard asylum seekers from Vietnam reportedly arrived in Ratanakkiri province late on Sunday evening, the United Nations yesterday said it was looking into unconfirmed reports from local villagers that eight others had been found dead in the province. While it was impossible ...
Phak Seangly and Alice Cuddy
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/un-investigating-possible-refugee-deaths
Gov’t ignored arrest warrant for accused war criminal
Judicial police ignored an arrest warrant for former Khmer Rouge navy commander and accused war criminal Meas Muth, putting the government in breach of the rules of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, declassified documents released by the tribunal Wednesday show. ...
Holly Robertson and Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/govt-ignored-arrest-warrant-for-accused-war-criminal-85795/
UN agencies welcome probe into slaying of unionists
The government’s announcement of a new commission to investigate The decade-old murders of members of The Free Trade Union has been welcomed by some and greeted with skepticism by oThers. On Saturday two UN agencies – The International Labor Organization and The office of The High ...
Tin Sokhavuth
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12692/un-agencies-welcome-probe-into-slaying-of-unionists/
Gaynor becomes new international co-prosecutor
Following nomination by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and approval by the Supreme Council of Magistracy, His Majesty King Norodom Sihamoni has appointed Fergal Gaynor as the new Reserve International Co-Prosecutor. ...
Phnom Penh Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-kr-tribunal/gaynor-becomes-new-international-co-prosecutor
Press Release by the National Co-Prosecutor on the passing of the convicted person Kaing Guek Eav alias Duch
On 02 September 2020, the National Co-Prosecutor issued a press release wishing to inform the public that the Convicted Person Kaing Guek Eav alias Duch, Cambodian, passed away in the Khmer-Soviet Friendship Hospital on 2 September 2020 at 00:51. ...
Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia
ECCC dismisses Samphan’s application
The Special Panel of The UN-backed Khmer Rouge Tribunal yesterday “unanimously dismissed” The former Khmer Rouge’s top leader Khieu Samphan’s application for disqualification of The six appeal judges who adjudicated in Case 002/01 over crimes against humanity. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50744687/eccc-dismisses-samphans-application/
Press release: Supreme court chamber terminates the case against Ao An before the ECCC
On 10 August 2020, the Supreme Court Chamber of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) issued a press release announcing the termination of the case against Ao An before the Extraordinary Chambers. ...
Supreme Court Chamber of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC)
Cambodia to benefit from FAO-led projects on unsustainable fishing and climate change
Cambodia is among the beneficiaries of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) funded $46.6 million projects led by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO). ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50880687/cambodia-to-benefit-from-fao-led-projects-on-unsustainable-fishing-and-climate-change/
Celebrating the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples 2021
In December 1994, the United Nations decided that the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples (IPs) shall be celebrated on August 09 every year. That date marks the day of the first meeting of the UN Working Group on Indigenous Populations in 1982. People ...
ECCC plans $16 mil 2022 budget
This year the the Supreme Court Chamber of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) will spend $16 million for its work, meanwhile it is expected to announce Khieu Samphan’s verdict in the fourth trimester of 2022. ...
Son Minea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50999197/eccc-plans-16-mil-2022-budget/
Mekong project vows to invest in aquaculture
Cambodia’s natural fisheries resources have declined so significantly that they fail to meet consumers’ daily needs, according to a Wonders of the Mekong project statement on September 12. ...
Keo Kereya and Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/mekong-project-vows-invest-aquaculture
Celebration of the International Day of the World Indigenous Peoples and the Launch of the Report on Gender-Based Violence Against Indigenous Women in three Provinces of Cambodia
On 05 August 2022, the Cambodia Indigenous Peoples Alliance issued an announcement on celebration of the International Day of the World Indigenous Peoples and the launch of the report on gender-based violence against indigenous women in three provinces of Cambodia.the Cambodia Indigenous Peoples Alliance organized ...
Cambodia Indigenous Peoples Alliance
Kingdom plans flood relief spend
Cambodia plans to spend nearly US$200 million to rebuild after the worst floods in a decade hit the country in September and October. the floods require an immediate response, Minister of Economy and Finance Keat Chhon said yesterday at a meeting of the Council for the ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011111652772/Business/kingdom-plans-flood-relief-spend.html
Fight Illegal Logging From Top, World Bank Says
Echoing longstanding calls from conservation groups, the World Bank says in a new report today that governments need to look past low-level criminals to tackle illegal logging and to follow the money the illicit trade generates instead. That trade of illegal logging generates up to $15 ...
