Family, children and youth
Family, children and youth policy and administration
Release of French Pedophile sparks outrage
This month’s early release of convicted French pedophile Philipe Broaly – despite ongoing court appeals – is an insult to victims and a huge step backwards for child protection in Cambodia, multiple NGOs have warned. ...
Jack Laurenson
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13589/release-of-french-pedophile-sparks-outrage/
Cambodia faces uphill struggle to reform its orphanages
A visit to the temples of Angkor Wat, followed by a stop at an orphanage, are part of the travel experience for many of the more than four million tourists who come to Cambodia every year. ...
Astrid Zweynert
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13290/cambodia-faces-uphill-struggle-to-reform-its-orphanages/
Authorities to deport convicted British pedophile by week’s end
A British national and convicted pedophile, who served about three quarters of his two-year sentence for child sex abuse, will be deported to the U.K. by the end of the week, an immigration official said Sunday. ...
Chris Mueller
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/authorities-to-deport-convicted-british-pedophile-by-weeks-end-87986/
Loophole thwarts efforts to combat child sex
When an anti-human trafficking group recently reported a 73 percent drop in the sale of children for sex, another referenced its list of 15 establishments offering minors to predators as evidence to the contrary. ...
Matt Blomberg and Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/loophole-thwarts-efforts-to-combat-child-sex-86980/
Child sex trade on decline: org
A new study by the International Justice Mission (IJM) has asserted that Cambodia’s child sex trade – long a hot-button issue that has for years drawn international attention – has been reduced to a tiny fraction of its previous size. A statement from IJM that accompanied ...
Ethan Harfenist
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/child-sex-trade-decline-org
Licadho slams treatment of children in prison
In a recently released report, Licadho says that children who live in prisons should receive proper care so that they can develop physically and psychologically. The UN Convention on the Rights of Children states that countries have a duty to provide children with the right ...
Va Sonyka
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12069/licadho-slams-treatment-of-children-in-prison/