New laws on judiciary due by ‘end of month’
The Ministry of Justice is kicking into overdrive its long-stagnated efforts to finish three fundamental laws on the function of the judiciary, saying it hopes to complete the laws – which it characterises as key judicial reforms – by the end of the month, the ministry said yesterday. The three laws have been in the works since at least 2005, but Sam Prachea Manith, chief of cabinet at the Justice Ministry, said yesterday that the draft of the first, the Law on the Organization and Functioning of the Courts, had finally been completed. Drafts of the remaining two – the Law on the Amendment of the Supreme Council of Magistracy and the Law on the Status of Judges and Prosecutors – are under review by legal teams, he added. … Thun Saray, president of the rights group Adhoc, said that civil society was also in the dark on the laws’ particulars, but said he hoped they would be sufficiently strong to work effectively.
Vong Sokheng
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