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The UN-backed Khmer Rouge tribunal has failed to satisfy the needs of the regime’s victims, a civil party lawyer at the court said Tuesday. Speaking on a special edition of “Hello VOA,” Som Sokong, who is representing complainants in cases 002 and 003, said victims have not had enough time or information to properly file applications and complaints. The court has so far failed to adequately provide the names of crime sites that would allow victims to detail their complaints the tribunal victims unit, a major requirement for the inclusion at the court, he said.

Cambodian-American representatives from various US states went before Congress last month, in an intensified lobbying effort to get representatives to understand the hardships and struggles faced by Cambodian immigrants today.

The local rights group Licadho met with juvenile prisoners and mothers in prison on Wednesday, offering food and other comforts to inmates as the country marked International Children’s Day.

CAMBODIA’S micro-insurance industry could launch as soon as August, as officials say rules governing the sector are nearing completion. The Ministry of Economy and Finance aims to hold a meeting to receive public feedback this month before finalising regulations drafted last year, the Ministry’s Insurance Division Head In Meatra said. “We hope that we will [...]

Despite recent public concern over whether the UN-backed Khmer Rouge tribunal will fulfill its mandate, an official within the court’s Victims Support Unit says he is confident that trials of regime leaders will help bring about some national reconciliation. Im Sophea, who coordinates the unit’s public outreach, told “Hello VOA” Thursday the court would record the stories of victims for the historical record and would provide “acceptable justice” to the millions of Cambodians traumatized by the regime. However, he said, the court also needs participation by other partners across society to help the healing, including psychological counseling, and some kind of compensation for victims.

The UN special envoy for human rights is expected to arrive in Cambodia Monday for a five-day visit, where he is expected to look into a controversial law to regulate NGOs and a bevy of other competing issues. Suriya Subedi, the UN special rapporteur for human rights in Cambodia, is also expected to look into the issues of land grabbing, forest conservation and freedom of expression, among others

China donated 50,000 uniforms to Cambodia’s armed forces on Thursday, adding to a week of Chinese donations and agreements and coinciding with peacekeeping training for Cambodian personnel with US forces.

A US-based organization for survivors of the Khmer Rouge condemned the UN-backed war crimes tribunal on Thursday for preventing overseas Cambodians from taking part in the court’s controversial third case. Tribunal observers fear the court is trying to dismiss those cases in the face of stringent government opposition. The U.S.-based survivors group ASRIC says the war crimes tribunal in Phnom Penh will fail to deliver justice if it ditches its third and fourth cases that are opposed by the Cambodian government.

While some ruling government officials maintain that opposition leader Sam Rainsy can only receive a royal pardon with a request from the prime minister, legal observers say that practice is only a matter of courtesy. Opposition lawmakers and other legal professionals say a royal pardon is up to the king himself, Norodom Sihamoni.

JUST off National Road 7, outside Kampong Cham city centre, stands Green Feed’s massive processing plant.