LICADHO -
CAMBODIA
Cambodian League for the
Promotion & Defense of Human Rights
http://www.licadho.org/
Attachments: Cambodia-LICADHOReportViolenceAgainstWomen05.pdf
LICADHO, a Cambodian Human
Rights Organization, and its women's right office released a report titled
'Violence Against Women', placing
in a Cambodian context issues such as domestic violence, rape and trafficking of
women and analyzing the major obstacles this vulnerable group is facing
everyday:
Whilst violence against women in Cambodia is a
difficult issue to accurately quantify, it is clear that it is a serious problem
and there are an increasing number of reports of domestic violence, rape and
trafficking. Although Cambodia is beginning to recognize
the significance of these issues the extent of the government's willingness to
educate the judiciary, the police and the public on these issues is still very
limited.
Cambodia ratified the Convention on
the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) in 1992 and
since then there has been insufficient action undertaken by the government to
implement the principles contained in the convention. Most notably the Royal
Government of Cambodia (RGC) passed the Law on the Prevention of Domestic
Violence and the Protection of Victims in September 2005 and a draft Law on
Human Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation is currently being reviewed by
law-makers. However the RGC's progress in reducing/eliminating violence against
women since 1992 has been slow and often inadequate.
Release date:
December 2005
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From LICADHO, http://www.licadho.org/