Monthly Archives: December 2011
CLD and LRWC Issue New Open Letter on Cambodian NGO Law
As part of the continuing consultation process over Cambodia’s proposed Law on Associations and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO law) CLD and Lawyers Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) have drafted an open letter to senior officials in the Cambodian government. CLD and LRWC note that this newest version of the law, the fourth such draft, includes some improvements. … Continue reading
CLD and Yayasan SET Host Conference on Government Secrecy
An international conference hosted by the Centre for Law and Democracy and Yayasan SET called on the Indonesian government to drop its long-standing initiative to adopt a secrecy law. In the one-day meeting on 5 December 2011, several speakers noted that Law No. 14 of 2008 on Public Information Disclosure already provided sufficient protection to … Continue reading