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Cambodia’s Supreme Court on Friday upheld the two-year prison sentence of a labor union leader who led a long-running strike against the country’s biggest casino. Chhim Sithar, president of ...
A court in Cambodia convened on Thursday for the treason trial of scores of opposition figures, one of a series of cases seen by activists as moves by the ruling party to sideline threats to its ...
The Supreme Court of Cambodia is the highest court in the judiciary of Cambodia, under the supervision of the Supreme Council of the Magistrature. [1] It is located in the royal capital of Phnom Penh, and is regulated under Article 55 to Article 73 of the 2014 Cambodian Law on Court Organization.
Since the 1997 coup d'état, he has consolidated power, resulting in authoritarian rule [6] [7] and culminating in the establishment of a de facto one-party system in 2018 after the Supreme Court of Cambodia, which was loyal to him, banned the largest opposition party, the Cambodia National Rescue Party led by Sam Rainsy and Kem Sokha. [8]
According to Article 2 of the Law on the Organization and Function of the Supreme Council of the Magistracy, the council consists of 9 members: King of Cambodia (chairman) Minister of Justice; Chief of Supreme Court; General Prosecutor of Supreme Court; Chief of Appeal Court; General Prosecutor of Appeal Court; 3 Elected Judges
Its decisions are rendered by a group of three magistrates; the attributions of the public ministry fall to the public prosecutor at the court of appeal. [16] The Supreme Court of Cambodia (Tolakar Kampoul) rules as a last resort on cases tried on appeal, but can only rule on defects in legal procedure. It is composed of a civil chamber and a ...
The Supreme Court Chamber terminated these remaining proceedings against him on 13 August 2019 [65] but his defense lawyers filed a request before the Supreme Court Chamber arguing that, in absence of any appeal judgment, Nuon Chea should be considered innocent and that trial judgement issued on 16 November 2018 against him should be vacated.
Honorable mention for breaking news reporting to Ben Sokhean, Mech Dara and Ananth Baliga's same-day coverage of the Supreme Court decision to dissolve the Cambodia National Rescue Party. See also [ edit ]