UNICEF Cambodia Report
RIAP recently undertook a major research commissioned by UNICEF to examine the way in which children in conflict with the law in Cambodia are treated.
The report, to be released in early March, found that there are serious deficiencies in the laws and in the response of the criminal justice agencies.
The rights of children are routinely violated at all stages in the criminal justice process.
There is no age of criminal responsibility and no system of juvenile justice in Cambodia.
There are only a few special laws applying to children in conflict with the law in the areas of criminal procedure and sentencing.
There are no specialised juvenile courts and no separate system of juvenile detention.
Children are generally detained in adult prisons and usually are not separated from the adult prisoners.
Whilst the broad features of the problem are known, there is not a large body of empirical research into children in conflict with the law and there are few published official indicators.
There is scattered data on various aspects of children in conflict with the law, but the information has not been comprehensively assessed and put together to provide an overview.
Furthermore, there has been no systematic attempt to assess the availability of key juvenile justice indicators in Cambodia.
For further information contact: Eugene Sebastian
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