Asian Human Rights Commission 1998

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ISBN 962-8314-02-5

Published by

Asian Human Rights Commission
Unit D, 7 Floor, Mongkok Commercial Centre
16 Argyle Street, Kowloon,
Hong Kong SAR, China
Telephone: +(852) 2698-6339
Fax: +(852) 2698-6367
E-mail: ahrchk@ahrchk.org
Web site: http://www.ahrchk.net

July 1998

ABOUT THE AUTHOR ...

Basil FERNANDO, a Sri Lankan lawyer, was a senior human rights officer with the human rights component of UNTAC and later the first officer in charge and the chief of the legal unit of the Cambodia office of the U.N. Centre for Human Rights.He is presently the executive director of the Asian Human Rights Commission and the Asian Legal Resource Centre.

Typesetting by Catherine Fok Chiu Ping
Layout and cover design by Sanjeewa Liyanage

Cover photo: Inside a Phnom Penh Court.Photo acknowledgment to Phnom Penh Post (Darren Whiteside)

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