Reform needed with new appeal courts on the way
As part of a trio of long-awaited judicial laws passed last month by the National Assembly, the country’s judicial system is set to integrate a number of new provincial appeal courts, expanding access to the appeal process to people imprisoned outside Phnom Penh. But the only existing Appeal Court is still failing to protect the basic rights of those on trial, according to a report released Monday by the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR). …
Lauren Crothers and Khy Sovuthy
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