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lundi 12 octobre 2009

The long road to justice for the victims of the Khmer rouge regime

France 24 South Eastern Asia correspondent Nelson Rand explains why the trial has been so long in the waiting, with Paulina Vega, director of the International Justice desk at the International Federation for Human Rights.

lundi 21 septembre 2009

Cambodia Boeung Kak Eviction

Cambodia Eviction ©John Vink/ Magnum Photos

CAMBODIA. Phnom Penh. 9/09/2009: The last of the Boeung Kak residents living near the railway station, under eviction threat by a development company, have accepted an offer by the company and are moving away.

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Further information on Forced Evictions in Cambodia :
Forced Evictions in Cambodia: time to end impunity (FIDH report)

mercredi 4 février 2009

Forced eviction in Dey Krahorm (Cambodia)

Eviction of Dey Krahorm: Cambodia loses the battle to uphold the rule of law ! FIDH expressed its dismay over the violence with which the forced eviction was conducted and condemned the illegal practices of private actors (...)

Photos of the forced eviction conducted early morning of January 24th 2009 in Dey Krahorm, in the capital Phnom Penh. PH_090124-0284_KHM_copyright_peter_harris.jpg

Photos courtesy of Peter Harris

mercredi 21 janvier 2009

Jurisdiction of French tribunals finally recognized

A new glimmer of hope for the victims of crimes committed by the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia: on 21 January 2009, the French Cour de Cassation re-opened legal proceedings concerning acts of torture committed in Cambodia between 1975 and 1979. The Cour de Cassation recognizes that the French courts have jurisdiction to prosecute such crimes, and has overturned the unfavourable ruling made in 2007 by the Paris Court of Appeal.

It comes almost ten years after the filing of a complaint by Mrs.Billon Ung Boun Hor for acts committed in April 1975 against her husband, then president of the National Assembly of Cambodia. Having found refuge in the French Embassy in Phnom Penh, he was forced to leave with representatives of the new "Democratic Kampuchea", before disappearing ... This case illustrates the serious crimes committed by the Khmer Rouge regime.

The FIDH and the French League for Human Rights are civil parties and also support Mrs. Billon Ung Boun Hor.