Human Rights in Cambodia
At a Glance
16-07-2018
Ravaged by genocide and armed conflict in the 1970s and 1980s, since 1985 Cambodia has been under the stable but repressive rule of Prime Minister Hun Sen. Nominally a multi-party democracy, the country has long been in effect a one-party state. Repression has intensified since the results of the 2013 election showed growing support for the opposition. With the next parliamentary election scheduled for July 2018, the government decided to ban the country's main opposition party, a move which drew international condemnation.
At a Glance
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- Asia and Oceania
- Cambodia
- corruption
- criminal law
- criminal law
- economic geography
- electoral procedure and voting
- fundamental rights
- gender equality
- generalised preferences
- GEOGRAPHY
- human rights
- independence of the judiciary
- LAW
- one-party system
- organisation of the legal system
- parliamentary election
- political framework
- political prisoner
- POLITICS
- politics and public safety
- repression
- rights and freedoms
- TRADE
- trade policy