List of Volunteer Lawyers

The Ministry of Justice Court has issued a list of volunteer lawyers who provide free services at various Courts of First Instance​ and Prosecution Offices of the Court of First Instance throughout the country. Source: Ministry of Justice, 7 October 2020

Law on Management of Nation in Emergencies

The Royal Government of Cambodia has issued the Law on Management of Nation in Emergencies aiming to ensure security and public order, to protect the lives and health of citizen, and to protect property and environment during the emergencies. Source: Royal Government of Cambodia, Ministry of Justice, April 29, 2020

Judicial Administration Unit

The Ministry of Justice has recently created and implemented the Judicial Administration Unit in every court including municipal and provincial court, Appeal Court, and Supreme Court. The Judicial Administration Unit is intended to help lessen the work of prosecutors and judges so that they do not need to do all the administrative work by themselves […]

100-day Campaigns

The Committee for Legal and Judicial Reform conducts “100-day campaign to evaluate quality and efficiency of the courts” with municipal and provincial courts starting in June 2017. This campaign aims to update strategy, law reform program, and justice system to ensure transparency in response to the current situation of Cambodia that requires evaluation of the […]

Alternative Dispute Resolution

Between 2006 and 2010, the Royal Government of Cambodia, the Council on Legal and Judicial Reform, the Ministry of Justice and Ministry of Interior with funding support from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation and Development (AECID) implemented the Access to Justice Project. One of the project’s components […]

Prison

Number and proportion of prisoners with final enforceable judgments increased:Ministry of Justice and Ministry of Information develop and monitor the use of clear procedures to ensure that court judgments are promptly shared with prisons.