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The Asian Legal Resource Centre has prepared this report to coincide with the consideration of the initial report of the State of Cambodia to the Committee against Torture (the Committee), under the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT). The initial report was due on 13 November 1993 and was submitted on 29 August 2002, for consideration at session number 30 of the Committee.
This report is based upon the Asian Legal Resource Centre’s accumulated experience regarding torture and the rule of law in Cambodia. The Asian Legal Resource Centre and its sister organization, the Asian Human Rights Commission, have published widely on these topics, including, Report of the fact-finding mission to Cambodia (1994); Problems facing the Cambodian legal system, by Mr Basil Fernando (1998); Comments on the Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia, by Justice H Suresh (2001, with the Cambodian Defenders Project and Danish Centre for Human Rights); Three critiques on flaws in the Cambodian legal system (2001, with the Cambodian Defenders Project and Danish Centre for Human Rights); and a number of papers in article 2, February 2002 (vol. 1, no. 1).[2] The Asian Legal Resource Centre has also made interventions on Cambodia at the UN Commission for Human Rights annual sessions, as well as numerous statements and Urgent Appeals on both specific and general cases of torture and human rights abuse (see example in Appendix A). It has also made many interventions at the local level in Cambodia (see example in Appendix B). These resources have all been used in the preparation of this report. Publications and reports by the Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (Adhoc), the Cambodian Defenders Project (CDP), and Licadho have also been used.
This report was written by Mr Basil Fernando, Executive Director, Asian Legal Resource Centre. Mr Fernando was a senior officer of the Human Rights Division of UNTAC and the UN Commission on Human Rights stationed in Cambodia from 1992 to 1994. The report was edited by Mr Nick Cheesman, Projects Officer, Asian Legal Resource Centre.
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[2] Many of these publications and documents are available online through the following websites: www.alrc.net, www.ahrchk.net, www.article2.org.
Posted on 2005-03-21
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