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Southeast Asian Legal Research Guide: Introduction to Thailand & its Legal System
Thailand has a predominantly civil law legal system, but it is a hybrid of many influences.Thai law has its traditional bases in ancient Hindu Code of Manu, modified to conform ...
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Southeast Asian Legal Research Guide: Introduction to Vietnam & its Legal System
Vietnam has had a single, unified legal system since 1975. Vietnam's socialist legal system is influenced by eastern and western legal traditions, the French civil law system, a...
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Fighting Corruption with ICT: Strengthening Civil Society’s Role
In a Word With information and communication technology, civil society plays an increasing role in governance, promoting transparency and accountability to tackle corruption. De...
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Social Innovation in Digital Democracy Era: Towards Synergies between Citizens and Governments
The examples of Digital Democracy Social Innovations may take the form of joint projects which involve CSOs or other non-governmental groups and representatives of governments, ...
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The Relationship between Press Freedom and Corruption: The Perception of Journalism Students
‘Without journalists working all over the world, we hardly would be able to expose corruption’, one employee at Transparency International (TI) says, addressing one of the bigge...
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The Role of Media and Investigative Journalism in Combating Corruption
The media and investigative journalism play a crucial role in bringing allegations of corruption to light and fighting against impunity. International consortiums of investigati...
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U4: Procedural Fairness for Curbing Corruption: Taking Bureaucratic Decision-Making Out of the Shadows
The wide discretionary powers of bureaucrats can undermine their impartiality, and result in decisions being made that are tainted by bias or have violated due process. Such opp...
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U4: An International Anti Corruption Court_A Synopsis of the Debate
Impunity and the transnational nature of corruption have led to calls for an international anti-corruption court that could hold kleptocrats accountable and spur governments to ...
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U4: Literature Review: The Use of ICTs in the Fight Against Corruption
E-governance has gained popularity in recent years, with many countries resorting to information communications technology (ICTs) to modernise government, increase efficiency an...
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(RANKED) 2019 World Press Freedom Index: The Southeast Asian Rankings
According to data published by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on April 18, 2019, the 2019 World Press Freedom Index categorizes the media climate in more than three-fourths of ...
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Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority payment branches
Location of Phnom Penh water supply authority payment branches where customers can pay water bills in Phnom Penh and Kandal.
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Impacts of mineral exploitation on forests and biodiversity in 2015
This report focuses on: Impacts of mining activities on forest resources and biodiversity in Minh Son commune; Benefit-sharing between the mining companies and the local communi...
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Cambodia Fundamental Freedoms Monitor Year 4
Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC), Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) and the Solidarity Center have collaborated to collect ...
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Smoke on the Water: A Human Rights and Social Impact Assessment of the Destruction of the Tompoun/Cheung Ek Wetlands
More than one million people across Phnom Penh are facing the risk of increased flooding and over one thousand more families are at risk of evictions, ...
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Indigenous Peoples in ASEAN: Vietnam
This study provides a brief history of Vietnam’s indigenous peoples and their profile (including population; geographical location; brief information on their economic, social a...
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Drivers of Deforestation?Facts to be considered regarding the impact of shifting cultivation in Asia
An estimated 260 million indigenous peoples live in Asia1. Most of them inhabit forested uplands where a large number of them practice shifting cultivation, which is also called...
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Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Cambodia
United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (76th Session 2010) The rights of Indigenous Peoples in Cambodia, shadow report, submitted by Indigenous Peo...
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Learning lessons and skills in Indigenous Media Advocacy
A report on the skills sharing exchange program of indigenous voices in Asia.
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REDD+ and Indigenous Peoples: A Briefing Paper for Policy Makers
This report describes the process of REDD+, its implications for indigenous peoples, and its applications for policy makers and governments.
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REDD+ implementation in Asia and the concerns of indigenous peoples
This report provides an overview on indigenous peoples in five REDD+ countries in Asia, namely, Indonesia, Nepal, Vietnam, Laos and Thailand and the status of REDD+ implementat...