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June 1999
 Vol. 11, No. 3 (C)

CAMBODIA

IMPUNITY IN CAMBODIA:
HOW HUMAN RIGHTS OFFENDERS ESCAPE JUSTICE

A Report by Adhoc, Licadho, and Human Rights Watch


I. SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Military and Police
Judiciary
Legal Reform
Administration of the Criminal Justice System
Monitoring Impunity

II. OVERVIEW OF IMPUNITY IN CAMBODIA

III. CAUSES OF IMPUNITY IN CAMBODIA
Historical Background
No Clear Division of Labor in the Armed Forces
Lack of Neutrality of the Armed Forces
Availability of Weapons
Problems in the Law Enforcement Process
Lack of an Independent Judiciary
Poor Cooperation between Police and Courts
Institutionalized Impunity: Article 51

VI. PROVINCIAL CASE STUDIES OF IMPUNITY
Banteay Meanchey: Murder of a Young Girl by a Brothel Owner
Kompong Thom: Summary Executions of Nine Fishermen by Military
Kompong Speu: Execution of Teenage Boy by Official's Bodyguards
Takeo: Massacre of Five Family Members by Commune Militiaman

V. CONCLUSION

VI: APPENDIX A: Killings Allegedly Committed by State Agents
Between January 1997-October 1998, Compiled by Adhoc and Licadho

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