The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”) today releases a leaflet presenting the findings of its Trial Monitoring Project in 2010. Please see attached a leaflet (in Khmer and English) detailing these findings. CCHR hope’s these findings will prove useful in promoting fair trial rights in Cambodia.
The CCHR Trial Monitoring Project monitors criminal trials in Cambodia in order to assess their adherence to the fair trial rights guaranteed under domestic and international law. In doing so the Project aims to promote awareness of the problems inherent in the judicial system and to encourage change and respect for fair trial rights.
The data contained in the leaflet is compiled from the results of 1,117 trials monitored by the Project in the Phnom Penh Capital Court of First Instance and the Kandal Provincial Court. A checklist is used at each trial to record qualitative and quantitative data relating to the various aspects of the trial process, focusing on the specific rights guaranteed by law. These results have been condensed in order to visually portray the courts’ adherence to each fundamental trial right.
As the leaflet demonstrates, there are still a number of issues relating to fair trials in Cambodia. Among these, the Project has observed the high incidence of mobile phone use by judges; concerns relating to the independence and impartiality of the judiciary, as well as issues surrounding confession rights.
CCHR is sending you this leaflet in the hope that the data we have collected will aid your promotion of respect for fair trial rights and facilitate greater understanding of those areas of the justice system which, without improvement, threaten the realisation of these rights in Cambodia.
Please do not hesitate to contact us if you require any further information relating to the Project and its findings.
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The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) is a non-aligned, independent, non-governmental organization that works to promote and protect democracy and respect for human rights throughout Cambodia. For more information, please visit www.cchrcambodia.org.
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