Deterioration of Civic Space and the Law in Cambodia
BHRE Center co-authored a chapter on Cambodia titled “Deterioration of Civic Space and the Law in Cambodia” from pages 24-30. Abstract: The absence of independent institutions, alongside entrenched political repression and a legal framework designed to consolidate executive power, has resulted in a context where civil society operates only within boundaries defined and tolerated by the state. Human rights lawyers, often a last line of defence, also face reprisals, and their role in Cambodia’s civic landscape remains precarious.