New guidelines aim to protect women, children

13 June 2014
The Cambodia Daily
Crime and law enforcement / Gender / Government / Human rights / Judiciary and courts / Law and judiciary / Ministries and other national bodies / Ministry of Justice / Ministry of Women's Affairs / Social development / Women in development
Cambodian Defenders Project / Ing Kantha Phavi / Judicial Police Agents / Ministry of Justice / Ministry of Women's Affairs / Sok Sam Oeun / Supreme Council of Magistracy / U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women

A 100-page set of guidelines for the legal protection of the rights of women and children was launched by the Ministry of Women’s Affairs in Phnom Penh on Thursday in a bid to address shortfalls in how the judicial system handles cases such as rape, domestic violence and sexual harassment. Their publication, with funding from the German and Spanish governments, comes eight months after Women’s Minister Ing Kantha Phavi told the U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women that there have been no documented cases of women taking violence and abuse cases to court. …

 Lauren Crothers
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