FACES OF CAMBODIA: There are two kinds of Justice. A lawyer in South America told me results of Court cases were often decided by how much you paid the judge. But in Khmer culture...I was told there are two types of justice: The lawyer that has a good knowledge of the law and the lawyer that knows the judge well. Do I have your attention? The United Nations Office on Drugs & Crime reports: "In Cambodia and throughout the world, corruption exists in the Judiciary: extortion, bribery, political influence, trading in influence, biased participants in trials and nepotism." On 6 July 2012 Cambodian judges, prosecutors and senior Government ministers met at a Judicial Integrity workshop in Phnom Penh to discuss what makes a fair and ethical judge and how they can advance judicial integrity in their
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