Phnom Penh
21 May 2008
Provincial and municipal courts hope to strengthen their transparency through a system of public information boards, which will seek to answer questions by citizens on court procedures.
The information boards, funded through $2 million in US aid and launched Wednesday, will list civil dispute filing fees, provide criteria for waiving those fees and will help citizens understand the rights of defendants and criminal court proceedings.
The boards will operate in every province and city, said US Embassy Charge d’Affairs Piper Campbell.
Justice Minister Ang Vong Vathana called the boards “an important step toward court transparency.”
Adhoc rights investigator Ny Chakrya said installing such boards without strengthening the rest of the judicial system would produce limited results in reform.
The information boards, funded through $2 million in US aid and launched Wednesday, will list civil dispute filing fees, provide criteria for waiving those fees and will help citizens understand the rights of defendants and criminal court proceedings.
The boards will operate in every province and city, said US Embassy Charge d’Affairs Piper Campbell.
Justice Minister Ang Vong Vathana called the boards “an important step toward court transparency.”
Adhoc rights investigator Ny Chakrya said installing such boards without strengthening the rest of the judicial system would produce limited results in reform.
3 comments:
to reform the court, reform the supreme council of magistracy first
Adhoc rights investigator Ny Chakrya said installing such boards without strengthening the rest of the judicial system would produce limited results in reform.
Don't be too naive and negative, at least people who go to the court now would have some ideas of fees being charged and their rights which would be the 1st step toward eventually reform, and don't think the court clerk and other will be too loudly asking for extra charges other than those the defendants supposed to pay.
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