CONTENTS

HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN CAMBODIA 2001

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I. KEY EVENTS

    1. Law on the establishment of extraordinary formation in the court 
       of Cambodia for the prosecution of crime committed during the  
       period of Democratic Kampuchea

    2. The Commune Council Election

    3. The Arrest and trial of the CFF groups

    4. Prime Minister's order to shut down karaoke parlors, night clubs 
        and bars

    5. The International Criminal Court (ICC)

    6.  Situation of Vietnamese refugees in Ratanakiri/ Mondul Kiri 
         Provinces

II. CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS

    1. Three Freedoms
        1.1. Freedom of Assembly
        1.2. Freedom of Expression
        1.3. Freedom of Association

    2. Political Violence
        2.1. Political Threat
        2.1.1. Threat to kill activists and candidates of Political Party   
        2.1.2. Threat to evict, deny gift distribution and confiscate land
        2.1.3. Threat to pull down signboard
        2.1. 4. Threat to bar political activity
        2.2. Political Killing

    3. Extra-Judicial Killing
        3.1. Killing committed by police and military police
        3.2. Killing committed by soldiers
        3.3. Killing committed by angry mob

    4. Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
        4.1. Arbitrary arrest and detention for money perpetrated by 
               police and military police
       4.2. Arbitrary arrest and detention prior investigation

    5. Physical assault

    6. Torture
       6.1. Torture outside the prison
       6.2. Torture Inside the prison

    7. Threat against Human Rights Activities

    8. Prison situation
       8.1. Visit by family with convicted and non-convicted prisoners
       8.2. Situation of detainees
       8.3. Living Condition
       8.4. Prolonged detention
       8.5. Death of prisoner

III. LAND RIGHT

    1. Mediation

    2. No Action

    3. Pending solution

    4. Dropping the case

    5. Squatters fires

    6. Observation about the Land Dispute Settlement Commission

    7. Recommendations

IV. VIOLATION OF WOMEN RIGHTS

    1. Domestic Violence

    2. Rape

    3. Sex trafficking

V. THE JUDICIAL REFORM

    1. The government 

    2. The role of the Supreme Council of Magistracy 

    3. The Judicial Reform Council 

    4. The courts, the magistrates and the lawyer an the judicial reform 
         work 
       4.1. The magistrtes and the courts 
       4.2. The lawyers