Yesterday, 16 September 2014, ADHOC and Oxfam opened the photo-exhibition “Access to Justice” at the Meta-House, Phnom Penh. The opening was attended by over a hundred participants, including distinguished guests representing ADHOC’s key supporters and development partners as well as Cambodian students and journalists.
Access to justice is limited in Cambodia. High legal costs and the absence of an effective national legal aid system keep poor litigants out of court. Moreover, corruption and impunity are widespread. Judges are often far from impartial with court decisions often biased towards the interests of the wealthy and powerful.
In response to this, ADHOC set up its innovative Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Program, with the aim to provide access to justice to Cambodia’s most vulnerable through out-of-court dispute settlement mechanisms.
The exhibition of photographs by Cambodian photographer KimlongMeng, tells the stories of 12 people able to settle small scale conflicts through ADHOC’s ADR Program. The exhibition will be on display at the Meta-House (Street 264, #6, SangkatChaktomuk Khan Daun Penh)until Monday the 29th of September.
For more information please contact
Ms. Chhan Sokunthea, Head of Women’s, Children’s and Alternative Dispute Resolution Section
012 344 719/016 873 209
