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31 March 2017
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:
11 July 2016
Accessed Date:
18 July 2016
Keywords:
country overview; map
Title:
Cambodia. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2016.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
3 March 2017
Accessed Date:
7 March 2017
Title:
Cambodia. Amnesty International Annual Report 2015/16: The State of the World's Human Rights.
Source:
Amnesty International
Accessed Date:
25 July 2016
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; disappeared persons; election; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; human rights activists; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; judicial efficacy; labour; legal system; legislation; police/security forces; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; political prisoners; religion; social services; statistics
Title:
Cambodia. World Report 2016: Events of 2015.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2016
Accessed Date:
22 June 2016
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; children; corruption; election; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; government corruption; human rights activists; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; judicial corruption; judicial efficacy; labour; legal system; legislation; penal system; police/security forces; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; political prisoners; rejected asylum seekers; religion; statistics; torture
Title:
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia, Surya P. Subedi
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
15 August 2014
Accessed Date:
18 July 2016
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; citizenship; corruption; election; ethnic and national groups; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; government corruption; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; Internet; judicial efficacy; labour; legal system; legislation; minorities; police/security forces; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; political prisoners; race; rejected asylum seekers; torture; trafficking in persons
Title:
Shadow Report for the UN Human Rights Committee's Consideration of the Second Report of Cambodia
Source:
Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights; International Federation for Human Rights; Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association
Date of Document:
March 2015
Accessed Date:
6 July 2015
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; children; corruption; crime; disappeared persons; domestic violence; election; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; gender equality; gender-based violence; government corruption; human rights activists; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; Internet; judicial efficacy; labour; legal system; legislation; marriage; minorities; organized crime; penal system; police/security forces; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; political prisoners; rejected asylum seekers; religion; sexual violence; social services; statistics; torture; trafficking in persons
Title:
Cambodia. Freedom in the World 2016.
Accessed Date:
18 July 2016
Keywords:
children; election; extralegal executions/killings; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; gender equality; gender-based violence; government corruption; human rights activists; institutional efficacy; Internet; judicial corruption; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; marriage; minorities; penal system; police/security forces; political opposition; political organizations; political prisoners; religion; sexual minorities; statistics; torture; trafficking in persons
Title:
Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review: Cambodia
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
27 March 2014
Accessed Date:
25 July 2014
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; children; disappeared persons; domestic violence; election; ethnic and national groups; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; gender equality; government corruption; human rights activists; indigenous groups; institutional efficacy; Internet; judicial efficacy; labour; legal system; legislation; minorities; penal system; police/security forces; political activities; race; religion; sexual violence; social services; torture; trafficking in persons
Title:
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia, Rhona Smith
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
20 August 2015
Accessed Date:
18 July 2016
Keywords:
children; disappeared persons; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; human rights activists; judicial efficacy; labour; political activities; statistics; torture
3.
Identification Documents and Citizenship
Title:
Cambodia. Law on Nationality.
Accessed Date:
17 October 2012
Keywords:
children; citizenship; legislation; marriage; nationality
Title:
Cambodia Reciprocity Schedule.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Accessed Date:
22 June 2016
Keywords:
identity documents
4.
Political Activities and Organizations
Title:
Treatment of Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) members by government authorities, including Suong Sophorn (June 2010-December 2011)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
31 January 2013
Accessed Date:
29 July 2013
Keywords:
judicial efficacy; legal system; police/security forces complaints; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; political prisoners
Title:
I. Political Transformation. Bertelsmann Stiftung, BTI 2016 - Cambodia Country Report.
Source:
Gütersloh: Bertelsmann Stiftung
Accessed Date:
8 July 2016
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; children; citizenship; conflict; corruption; crime; election; ethnic and national groups; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; gender equality; government corruption; human rights activists; institutional efficacy; Internet; judicial corruption; judicial efficacy; legal system; minorities; penal system; police corruption; police efficacy; police/security forces; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; religion; social services; torture
Title:
Kingdom of Cambodia. Election for Radhsphea Ney Preah Recheanachakr Kampuchea (National Assembly Election) of 28 July 2013.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
Accessed Date:
25 July 2014
Keywords:
election; political organizations; statistics
Title:
Treatment of Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) members (and Cambodian National Rescue Party members, CNRP) by government authorities (2012-Aug. 2013)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
15 August 2013
Accessed Date:
29 July 2014
Keywords:
election; extralegal executions/killings; freedom of expression; human rights activists; judicial corruption; judicial efficacy; political activities; political opposition
Title:
VIII. Hun Sen, Attacks on the Opposition, and the Land Crisis IX. Hun Sen and the Subversion of the Khmer Rouge Tribunal. 30 Years of Hun Sen. Violence, Repression, and Corruption in Cambodia.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2015
Accessed Date:
6 July 2015
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; armed groups; conflict; corruption; crime; election; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; government corruption; human rights activists; indigenous groups; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; labour; legal system; legislation; minorities; penal system; police/security forces; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; political prisoners; religion; statistics; torture
Title:
Cambodia: Timeline of harassment of opposition MPs, members, and supporters
Source:
International Federation for Human Rights
Date of Document:
28 April 2016
Accessed Date:
23 June 2016
Keywords:
election; political activities; political organizations; warrants
Title:
Dragged and Beaten: The Cambodian Government's Role in the October 2015 Attack on Opposition Politicians
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
26 May 2016
Accessed Date:
20 July 2016
Keywords:
extralegal executions/killings; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; Internet; judicial efficacy; labour; legislation; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; political prisoners; statistics
5.
Gender, Domestic Violence and Children
Title:
Domestic violence, including state protection and support services (2010-June 2013)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
10 July 2013
Accessed Date:
29 July 2013
Keywords:
domestic violence; gender equality; gender-based violence; judicial efficacy; marriage; police corruption; police efficacy; sexual violence; social services
Title:
Domestic Violence Law: The gap between legislation and practice in Cambodia and what can be done about it
Source:
Royal Holloway. University of London.
Author:
Katherine Brickell et al.
Accessed Date:
25 July 2014
Keywords:
children; domestic violence; gender equality; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; labour; legal system; legislation; police efficacy; social services; statistics
Title:
National Survey on Women's Health and Life Experiences in Cambodia. Cambodia Ministry of Women's Affairs, 2015.
Source:
World Health Organisation; UN Women Cambodia; Royal Government of Cambodia
Accessed Date:
24 June 2016
Title:
Concluding observations on the combined fourth and fifth periodic reports of Cambodia
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women.
Date of Document:
29 October 2013
Accessed Date:
25 July 2014
Keywords:
children; citizenship; disappeared persons; domestic violence; ethnic and national groups; family law; gender equality; gender-based violence; internal displacement; judicial corruption; judicial efficacy; labour; marriage; medical records; minorities; nationality; police efficacy; race; sexual violence; social services; trafficking in persons
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 2014.
Source:
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
Accessed Date:
6 July 2015
Keywords:
children; corruption; crime; domestic violence; family law; female genital mutilation; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; gender equality; gender-based violence; institutional efficacy; judicial corruption; judicial efficacy; labour; legislation; marriage; organized crime; police efficacy; police/security forces; political activities; sexual violence; social services; statistics; trafficking in persons
Title:
Getting away with it: the Treatment of Rape in Cambodia's Justice System.
Source:
LICADHO - Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights
Date of Document:
November 2015
Accessed Date:
22 July 2016
Keywords:
children; corruption; crime; domestic violence; family law; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; gender equality; gender-based violence; institutional efficacy; judicial corruption; judicial efficacy; labour; legislation; marriage; police efficacy; police/security forces; political activities; sexual violence; social services; statistics; trafficking in persons
Title:
Being LGBT in Asia: Cambodia Country Report
Source:
United Nations Development Programme; United States Agency for International Development
Accessed Date:
2 March 2015
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; children; crime; domestic violence; family law; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; gangs; gender equality; gender-based violence; government corruption; human rights activists; identity documents; Internet; judicial efficacy; labour; legal system; legislation; marriage; police efficacy; political activities; religion; sexual minorities; sexual violence; social services; statistics; trafficking in persons
7.
Criminality and Corruption
Title:
Cambodia (Tier 2 Watch List). Trafficking in Persons Report 2016.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
July 2016
Accessed Date:
20 July 2016
Keywords:
children; gender-based violence; government corruption; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; labour; police/security forces; sexual violence; social services; statistics; trafficking in persons
Title:
Cambodia. 2016 OSAC Crime and Safety Report.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
2 May 2016
Accessed Date:
24 June 2016
Keywords:
corruption; crime; election; extremist/terrorist organizations; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; labour; organized crime; police corruption; police efficacy; police report; police/security forces; political activities; political opposition; religion; sexual violence; social services; trafficking in persons; transport infrastructure
Title:
Cambodia. International Narcotics Control Strategy Report 2016, Volume I: Drug and Chemical Control.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
March 2016
Accessed Date:
24 June 2016
Keywords:
crime; drug trafficking; organized crime; police/security forces; statistics
Title:
Cambodia. International Narcotics Control Strategy Report 2016, Volume II: Money Laundering and Financial Crimes.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Accessed Date:
24 June 2016
Keywords:
corruption; crime; drug trafficking; institutional efficacy; organized crime
Title:
Corruption and Cambodia's Governance System. The Need for Reform. National Integrity System Assessment 2014.
Source:
Transparency International Cambodia.
Date of Document:
May 2014
Accessed Date:
24 June 2016
Keywords:
corruption; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; government corruption; institutional efficacy; Internet; judicial corruption; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; police corruption; police/security forces
8.
Military Service - (No items in this section)
9.
Judiciary, Legal and Penal Systems
Title:
Cambodia Extended Profile. WJP Rule of Law Index 2015.
Source:
World Justice Project
Accessed Date:
8 July 2016
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; conflict; corruption; crime; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; gender equality; government corruption; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; judicial corruption; judicial efficacy; labour; legal system; police corruption; police efficacy; police/security forces; political opposition; religion; state surveillance; statistics
10.
Police and Security Forces
Title:
'Tell Them I Want to Kill Them': Two Decades of Impunity in Hun Sen's Cambodia
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
November 2012
Accessed Date:
29 July 2013
Keywords:
abduction; arbitrary arrest and detention; corruption; crime; disappeared persons; election; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; government corruption; human rights activists; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; labour; legal system; legislation; map; police efficacy; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; political prisoners; torture
Title:
Cambodia. Freedom of the Press 2015.
Accessed Date:
20 July 2016
Keywords:
corruption; crime; election; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; human rights activists; institutional efficacy; Internet; judicial corruption; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; political organizations; state surveillance; statistics
Title:
Cambodia. Freedom on the Net 2015.
Accessed Date:
25 July 2016
Keywords:
corruption; election; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; human rights activists; institutional efficacy; Internet; judicial efficacy; labour; legislation; minorities; police corruption; police/security forces; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; political prisoners; state surveillance; statistics
Title:
Cambodia. International Religious Freedom Report for 2014.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
14 October 2015
Accessed Date:
24 June 2016
Keywords:
legislation; religion; statistics
Title:
Attitude toward and treatment by authorities of the World Buddhist Sangha Youth Cambodia (WBSYC) and its members, as well as supporters of the Khmer Kampuchea Krom Buddhist Monk Association (KKKBMA) (2010-August 2013)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
4 September 2013
Accessed Date:
29 July 2014
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; citizenship; disappeared persons; freedom of assembly; human rights activists; political activities; political organizations; religion; state surveillance
13.
Nationality, Ethnicity and Race
Title:
Cambodia. State of the World's Minorities and Indigenous Peoples 2016: Events of 2015.
Source:
Minority Rights Group International
Date of Document:
July 2016
Author:
Nicole Girard; Hanna Hindstrom
Accessed Date:
20 July 2016
Keywords:
extralegal executions/killings; identity documents; judicial efficacy; legislation; minorities; police/security forces complaints; statistics
14.
Exit/Entry and Freedom of Movement - (No items in this section)
15.
Labour, Employment and Unions
Title:
Cambodia. 2015 ITUC Global Rights Index. The World's Worst Countries for Workers.
Source:
International Trade Union Confederation
Accessed Date:
24 June 2016
Keywords:
freedom of assembly; government corruption; labour; legislation; police corruption; police/security forces
16.
Other - (No items in this section)
The following changes have been made to the previous package dated 29 July 2016:
Title:
Cambodia. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2015.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
13 April 2016
URL:
http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/humanrightsreport/index.htm?year=2015&dlid=252753
Accessed Date:
19 April 2015
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; children; citizenship; corruption; disappeared persons; domestic violence; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; gender equality; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; Internet; labour; legal system; minorities; penal system; police efficacy; police/security forces; political activities; political prisoners; race; religion; sexual minorities; sexual violence; state surveillance; torture; warrants
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