USA vs. Erik Peeters

USA vs. Erik Peeters

Justice after seven years. In February 2009, the Cambodian authorities arrested Erik Leonardus Peeters, a 48-year-old American citizen, on suspicion of sexual contact with children. Peeters had arrived in Cambodia in 2008 and within two months had started to look for...
Supporting Child Victims and Witnesses in Legal Processes

Supporting Child Victims and Witnesses in Legal Processes

August 16, 2016 – HAGAR, in partnership with UNICEF launched an extensive suite of resources that include comprehensive tools, and dialogue and training sessions for lawyers in Cambodia to better protect traumatised children in the Cambodian criminal justice...
Exhibition lets violated women rediscover beauty

Exhibition lets violated women rediscover beauty

(South China Morning Post, May 2015) Ra, 24, was raped on Cambodian New Year’s Day while out selling sugar cane with her brother. She was 14 years old. “It was so difficult for me. I had big dreams for my life, but it was like everything was gone –...