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The judiciary follows civil law tradition, the instruction being entrusted to a judge and the prosecutors contenting themselves with requesting the application of the law. Courts and tribunals in Cambodia regularly face a lack of resources, both financial and human, a ferment of corruption and clientelism that eat away at the whole of society.
The Constitution is the supreme law of Cambodia, therefore, all legal norms must comply with it. [2]Confirming the conformity of laws in the process of being adopted or already ratified falls under the authority the Constitutional Council at the request of the King, the Prime Minister, the president of one of the two parliamentary chambers, a quarter of the senators, a tenth of the deputies or ...
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.
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
Additionally, with regard to prosecutors, the Minister of Justice is the chief of the prosecution and has the right to issue an injunction (order) to the prosecutions of all level of courts. The General Departments of Prosecutor and Criminal Affairs of the Ministry of Justice is the staff to the Minister of Justice on any related issues. [2]
Judiciary of Cambodia (3 C, 6 P) K. Khmer Rouge Tribunal (1 C, 2 P) L. ... Pages in category "Law of Cambodia" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.
Cambodia is a constitutional monarchy with a unitary structure [11] and a parliamentary form of government. [12] The constitution, which prescribes the governing framework, was promulgated in September 1993 by the Constituent Assembly that resulted from the 1993 general election conducted under the auspices of the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC).
[2] That said, his legitimacy came much more from charisma, genealogy and cosmology than from his fairly enforcing a system of laws. [citation needed] The notion of regimented legal and judicial systems was only really introduced to Cambodia with the advent of French colonialism in the 19th century. With such concepts came the notion of ...