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ALRC Alternative Report on Cambodia to the CAT in 2003
 
 

Comments on the report of the State of Cambodia concerning the implementation of the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment [1]



[1] Consideration of reports submitted by States Parties under article 19 of the Convention, initial report of the State Party, due in 1993, submitted in 2002, Addendum: Cambodia, CAT/C/21/Add.5.

Asian Legal Resource Centre

April 2003

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CONTENTS

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  • 0. Introduction
  • 1. Preliminary observations
  • 3. Legal and institutional structure
  • 4. The practice of torture
  • 5. The definition of torture (issues under articles 1 & 4)
  • 6. Institutional problems and potential legal limitations to the prohibition of torture (issues under article 2)
  • 7. Prevention of torture
  • 8. The right to complain, and the obligation to investigate, initiate legal proceedings and punish torture (issues under articles 12 & 13)
  • 9. Redress (issues under article 14)
  • -- Conclusions
  • -- Recommendations
  • Appendix A: Ten years after UNTAC, not an inch of progress in Cambodia's rule of law--Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission (4 February 2003)
  • Appendix B: Advertisement by the Asian Human Rights Commission and Cambodian Defenders Project, published widely in Cambodian media, March 2003
  • Appendix C: The UNTAC Code
  • Appendix D: Case studies of torture in Cambodia
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