Original report from Phnom Penh
28/05/2007
The Asian Human Rights Commission on Monday called on the Supreme Council of Magistracy and the Ministry of Justice to strengthen the code of ethics for judges in Cambodia's famously biased courts.
The code of ethics should seek to rid the system of corruption and political pressure. The appeal follows a Commission-drafted code of ethics for the judges, signed by King Norodom Sihamoni. Judges must be free of political governance and corruption, the Commission said.
Opposition Sam Rainsy Party lawmaker Keo Remy said the Supreme Council of Magistracy should push judges to follow the ethics of their profession to ensure fair, transparent and effective trials.
"After the code of ethics is formed, please, Supreme Council of Magistracy, push the judges and the prosecutors to respect the professional codes so that they are improved," he said. "This is so that the overhaul will be an independent system not involved in politics that can proceed to find justice for the victims, with a conscience that the law provides."
The code of ethics should seek to rid the system of corruption and political pressure. The appeal follows a Commission-drafted code of ethics for the judges, signed by King Norodom Sihamoni. Judges must be free of political governance and corruption, the Commission said.
Opposition Sam Rainsy Party lawmaker Keo Remy said the Supreme Council of Magistracy should push judges to follow the ethics of their profession to ensure fair, transparent and effective trials.
"After the code of ethics is formed, please, Supreme Council of Magistracy, push the judges and the prosecutors to respect the professional codes so that they are improved," he said. "This is so that the overhaul will be an independent system not involved in politics that can proceed to find justice for the victims, with a conscience that the law provides."
4 comments:
There is no political will to establish a transparent, clean judiciary in Cambodia. Donors know this, but play the game to keep the money flowing. Hun Sen and the CPP rely on their cynicism, which has shown itself to be very reliable.
Shut the fuck up, fools (AHRC)!
Why don't you get rid or your
famous corruption, prejudice, and
bias within yourself instead? Just
who are you trying to kid, huh?
There is no smoke without fire. The CPP couldn't see that their backs are full of shit, so they still insist that they're clean.
When independent observers point out that their backs are full of shit (for so many years), the CPP just goes ballistic as usual and picks up stuff from their critics' rubbish bin and says "these are not clean as well". That's how their logic works.
Maybe, but we are not stupid enough
to listen to the corrupted AHRC
hallucination.
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