Cambodia: Urgent need for judicial reform

Cambodia: Urgent need for judicial reform

Index Number: ASA 23/004/2002
Date Published: 18 June 2002
Categories: Asia And The Pacific, Cambodia

The promotion and protection of human rights in Cambodia is severely hampered by the lamentable state of the judicial system. Amnesty International welcomes the agreement between the Royal Government of Cambodia and the donor countries over the need for judicial reform, but believes that, in addition to the concrete needs of funding, training and evaluation, greater coherence and coordination is required if judicial reform is to deliver a strong, independent judicial system, capable of upholding basic rights and protecting the vulnerable.