Constitutional council approves judicial laws, sends to king

7 July 2014
The Cambodia Daily
Constitution and rights / Government / Judiciary and courts / Law and judiciary / Legal and judicial reform / Ministries and other national bodies / Ministry of Justice
Cambodian Center for Human Rights / CCHR / Constitutional Council of Cambodia / CPP / Duch Piseth / Law on the Organization and Functioning of the Courts / Law on the Organization and Functioning of the Supreme Council of the Magistracy / Law on the Statute of Judges / National Assembly / Norodom Sihamoni / Uth Chhorn

The approval of King Norodom Sihamoni is all that is needed for three controversial judicial bills to be passed into law after they were declared constitutional this week by the CPP-stacked Constitutional Council of Cambodia (CCC). Despite an outcry from rights and legal advocacy groups over articles that secure the executive branch’s control over the courts, CCC spokesman Uth Chhorn said the nine-member body unanimously approved on Wednesday the Law on the Organization and Functioning of the Supreme Council of the Magistracy, the Law on the Organization and Functioning of the Courts and the Law on the Statute of Judges. …

 Khuon Narim
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