WiserEarth Governance
Rights, Obligations, and Relationships of All WiserEarthlings
This group emerged out of the WiserEarth Partners meeting held on December 13. Our intention is to open this group up to all that join and participate in WiserEarth.
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Created: Dec 17, 2007
Updated: Sep 17, 2009
Membership: Invitation Only
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Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights LICADHO Sihanoukville
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Human rights abuses remain prevalent in Cambodia. Killings, assaults and threats are common - a legacy of Cambodia's recent violent history. Crimes against women, such as rape, human trafficking and domestic violence, not only continue but in some cases appear to be increasing over time. Children are also victims of domestic violence, rape, trafficking and exploitative child labor. The practice of torture by police and within prisons continues to be discovered by human rights workers.
Problems with governance remain the greatest hindrance to realizing respect for human rights. The legal system in Cambodia often fails to punish crimes, and perpetuates other abuses. Perpetrators, especially if they are powerful or wealthy, are rarely arrested or convicted. Even grave crimes such as murder are sometimes settled unlawfully, by way of cash payments from the offender to the victim's family, rather than by criminal prosecutions. Such settlements are made even with the participation of court and other government officials, such as police officers or village chiefs.
State agents
State agents often commit abusesThese deeply entrenched problems are fueled by a variety of causes, including corruption and incompetence within the government and courts, impunity for the powerful, and a lack of political will to reform. In politicized cases, the courts have little power to act independently from the executive branch of the government, and there are few checks on the judicial system. Mechanisms such as the Supreme Council of Magistracy aren't functioning properly and are not independent. The judicial process is tilted in favor of the person with the most power and money, rather than following the rule of law. Even grave crimes such as murder are sometimes settled unlawfully, by way of cash payments from the offender to the victim's family rather than by criminal prosecutions. Such settlements are made often facilitated by court officials, police or village chiefs.
Problems with governance remain the greatest hindrance to realizing respect for human rights. The legal system in Cambodia often fails to punish crimes, and perpetuates other abuses. Perpetrators, especially if they are powerful or wealthy, are rarely arrested or convicted. Even grave crimes such as murder are sometimes settled unlawfully, by way of cash payments from the offender to the victim's family, rather than by criminal prosecutions. Such settlements are made even with the participation of court and other government officials, such as police officers or village chiefs.
State agents
State agents often commit abusesThese deeply entrenched problems are fueled by a variety of causes, including corruption and incompetence within the government and courts, impunity for the powerful, and a lack of political will to reform. In politicized cases, the courts have little power to act independently from the executive branch of the government, and there are few checks on the judicial system. Mechanisms such as the Supreme Council of Magistracy aren't functioning properly and are not independent. The judicial process is tilted in favor of the person with the most power and money, rather than following the rule of law. Even grave crimes such as murder are sometimes settled unlawfully, by way of cash payments from the offender to the victim's family rather than by criminal prosecutions. Such settlements are made often facilitated by court officials, police or village chiefs.