Capital punishment in Cambodia is prohibited by the Constitution of Cambodia. Cambodia abolished it in 1989. [1]
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Cambodia is one of only two ASEAN countries (the other being the Philippines) to have abolished capital punishment. [2] [3]
Capital punishment in Cambodia is prohibited by the Constitution of Cambodia. Cambodia abolished it in 1989. [1]
Cambodia is one of only two ASEAN countries (the other being the Philippines) to have abolished capital punishment. [2] [3]
The Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia (1993) at Art. 32 states: [1]
In 1995, First Prime Minister Prince Norodom Ranariddh made calls for capital punishment by calling for murderers and drug traffickers to be killed by the State. [4]
In 2019, Prime Minister Hun Sen said that he was considering introducing capital punishment for people who rape children, but he said it would only happen after a nationwide referendum. [5] [6] [7] A couple days after this announcement, Hun Sen shifted his stance. [8] [9]
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