U.N. special rapporteur Surya Subedi at the U.N. headquarter in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. (Photo: The Phnom Penh Post)UN Envoy Issues Sharp Rebuke of Judicial System
Pich Samnang, VOA Khmer
Phnom Penh Monday, 20 September 2010
“His fate may be the same as Yash Ghai's.”A new report from the UN's top envoy on human rights that is critical of the country's judiciary could have a harmful impact on his relationship with the government, rights workers said Monday.
Prasad Subedi, the UN special rapporteur for human rights, is scheduled to present a report this month to the UN Human Rights Council sharply critical of the courts and calling for wide changes in the judicial system.
In his report, Subedi urged more tolerance of criticism by public figures and cautioned against using the courts to silence dissent.
He also urged members of the Supreme Council of Magistracy to step down from their positions within the ruling Cambodian People's Party and called for more resources to be put into the court system.
Subedi replaced Yash Ghai as the envoy to Cambodia after Ghai's relationship with the government broke down in the wakes of similarly critical reports, which warned of political instability in the wake of human rights abuses.
“His fate may be the same as Yash Ghai's,” said Ou Virak, president of the Cambodian Center for Human Rights, echoing concerns of other groups.
However, government spokesman Phay Siphan said it was too soon to say whether the report would cause a similar rift.
He said, however, that Subedi “does not fully understand” the rights situation in Cambodia.
9 comments:
nobody understand Hun Sen human rights because Cambodian population is just a number to show the World Bank that all what Xen is thinking is money in my pocket and Human Rights is just word by the Westerner. Cambodian are not human same to Xen's Viet slave for life.
Cambodia political is a mess. Only Cambodian people inside can rise up and against their government for Human Rights and freedom of expression. People outsider can't do so much. Why don't Cambodian use a sniper to get rid of HUN SEN?
5:32 AM 14 Millions Khmer!
? vs. CPP 200,000
loser...
HRP
SRP
CFF
THM
HRW
NGO
ACG
WRU
the law in Cambodia created for protecting the elite CPP and Youn. Real Khmer people you must die loser when you speak a lot.
UN!!!!!! How can you expect and educated honest person to deal with a Criminal?????
If you hired Duch or Hor Nam Hong ex Khmer Rouge prison chieves it would be fine!
Go to hell with your injustice court!!!!
UN!!!!!! How can you expect an educated honest person to deal with a Criminal?????
If you hired Duch or Hor Nam Hong ex Khmer Rouge prison chieves it would make out fine!
The UN Envoy Surya Subedi understands the Cambodian judiciary only too well. It's the CPP government which lives in a delusional world of its own making. The emperor has no clothes and the UN Envoy is calling things as they are.
hun xen rights is living under yuon for life. hun xen rights is killing his own nation. hun xen rights is eliminating Khmer territory from the world map. UN also compromise on rights in Cambodia for a long period of work to get benifits for their pocket as others done.
- USA lost the war in Vietnam because:
1) obay the freedom contract between USA and North Viet.
2) USA not lost the war by military, nover loose
3) USA respected life of people
- Now, if UN lost democracy in Cambodia, it means UN is LOSER, and loose their land to Viet.
Khmer oversea
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