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31 March 2020
CAMBODIA
List of Documents
1.
General Information and Maps
Source:
United Nations. Cartographic Section.
Date of Document:
January 2004
Accessed Date:
17 October 2012
Title:
Cambodge. L'Encyclopédie en ligne.
Accessed Date:
17 October 2012
Title:
Cambodia. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
10 July 2019
Accessed Date:
24 July 2019
Title:
Cambodia. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2019.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
11 March 2020
Accessed Date:
20 March 2020
Title:
Cambodia. Amnesty International Report 2017/2018: The State of the World's Human Rights.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
22 February 2018
Accessed Date:
11 July 2018
Title:
Cambodia. World Report 2019: Events of 2018.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2019
Accessed Date:
4 July 2019
Title:
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
27 July 2017
Accessed Date:
11 July 2018
Title:
Fundamental Freedoms Monitoring Project. First Annual Report. April 2017 – March 2018.
Source:
Cambodian Center for Human Rights et al.
Date of Document:
18 September 2018
Accessed Date:
4 July 2019
Title:
Cambodia. Freedom in the World 2019.
Accessed Date:
4 July 2019
3.
Identification Documents and Citizenship
Title:
Cambodia. Law on Nationality.
Accessed Date:
17 October 2012
Keywords:
children; citizenship; legislation; marriage; nationality
Title:
Cambodia. U.S. Visa: Reciprocity and Civil Documents by Country.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Accessed Date:
4 July 2019
Title:
Report on Citizenship Law: Cambodia
Source:
European University Institute. Global Citizenship Observatory.
Date of Document:
January 2017
Author:
Christoph Sperfeldt
Accessed Date:
8 June 2017
Title:
Citizenship Rights for Khmer Krom in Cambodia
Source:
Cambodian Center for Human Rights et al.
Date of Document:
January 2017
Accessed Date:
27 July 2017
4.
Political Activities and Organizations
Title:
A Human Rights Analysis of the Amended Law on Political Parties (2017)
Source:
United Nations. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Cambodia.
Date of Document:
28 March 2017
Accessed Date:
8 June 2017
Title:
I. Political Transformation. Transformation Index 2018 Country Report: Cambodia.
Source:
Bertelsmann Stiftung
Accessed Date:
11 July 2018
Title:
Cambodia. Radhsphea Ney Preah Recheanachakr Kampuchea (National Assembly).
Source:
Inter-Parliamentary Union. Parline.
Date of Document:
6 September 2018
Accessed Date:
4 July 2019
Title:
Cambodia. Election for National Assembly of 29 July 2018.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
Accessed Date:
4 July 2019
Title:
Civic Freedom Monitor: Cambodia
Source:
The International Center for Not-for-Profit Law
Date of Document:
13 December 2018
Accessed Date:
4 July 2019
Title:
Death Knell for Democracy. Attacks on Lawmakers and the Threat to Cambodia's Institutions.
Source:
ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights
Date of Document:
March 2017
Accessed Date:
8 June 2017
Title:
Cambodian Civil Society at a Critical Juncture
Source:
Center for Strategic and International Studies
Date of Document:
June 2018
Author:
Lauren Mooney; Lana Badyas
Accessed Date:
4 July 2019
Title:
Cambodia's Dirty Dozen: A Long History of Rights Abuses by Hun Sen's Generals
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
27 June 2018
Accessed Date:
18 July 2018
5.
Gender, Domestic Violence and Children
Title:
Women's Experience of Domestic Violence and Other Forms of Violence
Source:
Cambodia. Ministry of Women's Affairs; United Nations. Population Fund.
Date of Document:
September 2016
Accessed Date:
9 June 2017
Title:
No Punishment, No Protection: Cambodia's Response to Domestic Violence
Source:
Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights
Date of Document:
December 2017
Accessed Date:
11 July 2018
Title:
Law on the Prevention of Domestic Violence and the Protection of Victims
Accessed Date:
29 July 2013
Keywords:
children; crime; domestic violence; legal system; legislation; police/security forces; sexual violence; torture; warrants
Title:
Cambodia. Social Institutions and Gender Index 2019.
Source:
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
Date of Document:
7 March 2019
Accessed Date:
4 July 2019
Title:
Cambodia's Rainbow Families: Marriage, Adoption & Gender Recognition Rights in the Kingdom
Source:
Cambodian Center for Human Rights
Date of Document:
November 2017
Accessed Date:
11 July 2018
7.
Criminality and Corruption
Title:
Cambodia: Tier 2. Trafficking in Persons Report 2018.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
28 June 2018
Accessed Date:
4 July 2019
Title:
Cambodia. 2019 Crime and Safety Report.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
19 June 2019
Accessed Date:
24 July 2019
8.
Military Service - (No items in this section)
9.
Judiciary, Legal and Penal Systems
Title:
Achieving Justice for Gross Human Rights Violations in Cambodia
Source:
International Commission of Jurists
Date of Document:
18 October 2017
Accessed Date:
11 July 2018
Title:
Courts of Injustice: Suppressing Activism through the Criminal Justice System in Cambodia
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
30 May 2017
Accessed Date:
27 July 2017
Title:
Cambodia: Legislating New Tools of Repression: Hun Sen Expands Rule by Changing Constitution, Criminalizing ‘Insulting Monarchy'
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
14 February 2018
Accessed Date:
18 July 2018
10.
Police and Security Forces - (No items in this section)
Title:
Cambodia. Freedom of the Press 2017.
Accessed Date:
4 July 2019
Title:
Cambodia. Freedom on the Net 2018.
Accessed Date:
4 July 2019
Title:
Cambodia: The Independent Press in Ruins
Source:
Reporters Without Borders
Date of Document:
15 March 2018
Accessed Date:
11 July 2018
Title:
Cambodia. International Religious Freedom Report for 2018.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
21 June 2019
Accessed Date:
18 July 2019
13.
Nationality, Ethnicity and Race
Title:
The Indigenous World 2019
Source:
International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs
Date of Document:
April 2019
Accessed Date:
4 July 2019
14.
Exit/Entry and Freedom of Movement - (No items in this section)
15.
Labour, Employment and Unions - (No items in this section)
16.
Other - (No items in this section)
The following changes have been made to the previous package dated 31 July 2019:
Title:
Cambodia. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2018.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
13 March 2019
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/2018-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/cambodia/
Accessed Date:
20 March 2019
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