Cambodia
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
Data card
- Legal status
- Abolitionist
- Executions recorded in 2026
- 0
- Executions recorded in 2025
- 0
- First news item in the archive
- JANUARY 1, 1999 · Cambodia was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death...
- News items in the archive
- 46
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Cambodia is classified as Abolitionist in the Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026. In 2026 the association recorded 0 executions in the country, against 0 the year before. The archive holds 46 news items on Cambodia, from 1999 to today.
Latest news
- NOVEMBER 12, 2001CambodiaDEATH PENALTY
Cambodia plans to turn the remote jungle hideout of...
Cambodia plans to turn the remote jungle hideout of Pol Pot, the infamous leader of the 1970s Khmer Rouge "Killing Fields" regime, into a tourist spot
- AUGUST 10, 2001CambodiaDEATH PENALTY
Cambodia's King Norodom Sihanouk signed into law a...
Cambodia's King Norodom Sihanouk signed into law a bill passed by the country's legislature to establish a U
- AUGUST 7, 2001CambodiaDEATH PENALTY
Cambodia's Constitutional Council approved legislation...
Cambodia's Constitutional Council approved legislation to set up a court to prosecute former leaders of the Khmer Rouge, which was blamed for the deaths of about 1
- JULY 23, 2001CambodiaDEATH PENALTY
Cambodia's Senate unanimously approved a re-debated...
Cambodia's Senate unanimously approved a re-debated final draft on establishing a UN-assisted tribunal to bring former Khmer Rouge leaders to justice
- JULY 11, 2001CambodiaDEATH PENALTY
Cambodian lawmakers approved legislation paving the...
Cambodian lawmakers approved legislation paving the way for a long-awaited trial of former leaders of the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime
- APRIL 25, 2001CambodiaDEATH PENALTY
Cambodia was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death...
Cambodia was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 25, 2001
- FEBRUARY 21, 2001CambodiaDEATH PENALTY
The government is reviewing a trial bill that would...
The government is reviewing a trial bill that would set up a special tribunal to bring to justice Khmer Rouge responsible for the deaths of at least 1,7 million Cambodians in the late 1970s
- JANUARY 1, 2001CambodiaDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia (1993) at Art
The Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia (1993) at Art
- NOVEMBER 24, 2000CambodiaDEATH PENALTY
The Cambodian capital was blanketed in tight security,...
The Cambodian capital was blanketed in tight security, a day after fierce fighting in the streets between dozens of armed rebels and security forces left eight people dead
- AUGUST 17, 2000CambodiaDEATH PENALTY
In a letter written to the Prime Minister Hun Sen and...
In a letter written to the Prime Minister Hun Sen and the National Assembly an umbrella group of 17 human rights groups accused the army of killing six anti-government activists and of being responsible for the disappearance of 25 other people in May this
- JANUARY 1, 2000CambodiaDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia (1993) at Art
The Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia (1993) at Art
- NOVEMBER 9, 1999CambodiaDEATH PENALTY
On November 9, at the Third Committee of the General...
On November 9, at the Third Committee of the General Assembly, Ambassador Ouch Borith said the use of the term "extrajudicial killing" mentioned in the Special Representative's Memorandum (included in his Report) was a misunderstanding
- NOVEMBER 4, 1999CambodiaDEATH PENALTY
On November 4, Ho Chi Minh City People's Court handed...
On November 4, Ho Chi Minh City People's Court handed down the death penalty to three Cambodian nationals - Chuan Oi, Seng Bun Si and Tran The Trung - and two Vietnamese nationals - Quach Kim Thuan and Nguyen Hong Minh Thanh
- OCTOBER 20, 1999CambodiaDEATH PENALTY
On October 20, Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister...
On October 20, Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sar Kheng told a seminar on security that he was considering reintroducing the death penalty
- JANUARY 1, 1999CambodiaDEATH PENALTY
Cambodia was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death...
Cambodia was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 28 (1999/61)
- JANUARY 1, 1999CambodiaDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia (1993) at Art
The Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia (1993) at Art