Lawyer files complaint at International Court over land grabs

17 October 2014
VOA Khmer
Concessions / Economic land concessions and plantations / International laws and treaties / Land / Land policy and administration / Law and judiciary / Public land lease / Social land concessions
Eang Vuthy / Equitable Cambodia / Housing Rights Task Force / ICC / International Criminal Court / International Federation for Human Rights / Phay Siphan / Richard Rogers

A British lawyer has filed new documents against senior Cambodian officials at the International Criminal Court, accusing them of systematic land grabs that constitute human rights abuses. … A communication filed on Oct. 7 claims that over the last 14 years, an estimated 770,000 Cambodians, or 6 percent of the population, have been hurt by land grabs, according to a statement from two groups, Global Diligence and the International Federation for Human Rights. …

 Sok Khemara
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