Ly Chantola was re-elected in a landslide as president of the Bar Association of the Kingdom of Cambodia (BAKC), winning 2,016 out of 2,045 votes cast at its 27th annual general assembly held in Phnom Penh on October 16.
Minister of Justice Koeut Rith chaired a meeting of the National Commission to Review and Request Sentence Reductions and Pardons on October 6 for prisoners who asked for sentence reductions and pardons for the upcoming Water Festival.
A senior Ministry of Justice official said that Minister of Justice Koeut Rith has laid out plans and spearheaded a campaign to clear a backlog of court cases in the capital and provinces in order to strengthen institutional capacity and improve the provision of justice services and contribute to the easing of prison overcrowding.
Minister of Justice Koeut Rith has urged improvements to the quality of the courts and tribunals when it comes to cases involving labour trafficking and sexual exploitation.
Minister of Justice Koeut Rith requested that UN Special Rapporteur on human rights situation in Cambodia Vitit Muntarbhorn make his report balanced and fair as an encouragement to those Cambodians who have been working hard to promote human rights in the country.