“They treat us like animals” : mistreatment of drug users and “undesirables” in Cambodia’s Drug Detention Centers / cover design by Rafael Jimenez.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: United States of America : Human Rights Watch (HRW), ©2013.Description: iii, 55 pages : illustrations, maps ; 30 cmISBN:
  • 9781623130817
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • Pamphlet JC599. C16.
Contents:
Contents: Map 1. Closed drug detention centers and the planned national center -- Map 2: Current drug detention centers in Cambodia -- Summary -- Recommendations. To the Government of Cambodia ; To the Ministry of Health ; To the Government of Vietnam ; To the country offices of United Nations agencies and Cambodia's bilateral and multilateral donors ; To foreign embassies and United Nations agencies in Phnom Penh -- Methodology -- I. Background. Drug users in Cambodia ; Drug detention centers -- II. Findings. Locking away Cambodia's "undesirables" ; Cleaning the streets of people who use drugs ; Detaining other "undesirable" people ; Street sweeps for foreign dignitaries ; Physical and sexual abuse ; Forced labor -- III. International legal standards. Right to health ; Arbitrary arrest and detention ; Torture and ill-treatment in custody ; Detention of children ; Detention of persons with disabilities ; Forced labor -- Acknowledgements -- Annex 1. Correspondence with the Cambodian government -- Annex 2. Correspondence with Vietnam's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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Includes bibliographical references.

Contents: Map 1. Closed drug detention centers and the planned national center -- Map 2: Current drug detention centers in Cambodia -- Summary -- Recommendations. To the Government of Cambodia ; To the Ministry of Health ; To the Government of Vietnam ; To the country offices of United Nations agencies and Cambodia's bilateral and multilateral donors ; To foreign embassies and United Nations agencies in Phnom Penh -- Methodology -- I. Background. Drug users in Cambodia ; Drug detention centers -- II. Findings. Locking away Cambodia's "undesirables" ; Cleaning the streets of people who use drugs ; Detaining other "undesirable" people ; Street sweeps for foreign dignitaries ; Physical and sexual abuse ; Forced labor -- III. International legal standards. Right to health ; Arbitrary arrest and detention ; Torture and ill-treatment in custody ; Detention of children ; Detention of persons with disabilities ; Forced labor -- Acknowledgements -- Annex 1. Correspondence with the Cambodian government -- Annex 2. Correspondence with Vietnam's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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