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Article

7 Oct 2014

Author:
International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH)

Summary of communication & other information on Cambodians’ formal claim that systematic land seizures amount to crimes against humanity

“Cambodia: ICC preliminary examination requested into crimes stemming from mass land grabbing”, 7 October 2014

A communication filed at the International Criminal Court (ICC)…alleges that widespread and systematic land grabbing conducted by the Cambodian ruling elite for over a decade amounts to a crime against humanity. The communication contends that senior members of the Cambodian government, its security forces, and government-connected business leaders carried out an attack on the civilian population with the twin objectives of self-enrichment and preservation of power at all costs. Crimes committed as part of this campaign include murder, forcible transfer of populations, illegal imprisonment, persecution, and other inhumane acts…

Part of the following timelines

Cambodians file claim before Intl. Criminal Court alleging widespread & systematic land seizures by govt. & govt-linked businesses amount to crime against humanity

Cambodian villagers’ Intl. Criminal Court complaint (re land grabbing)

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