CAMBODIA
| CASE N° CMBD/14 - CHEAM CHANNY |
Resolution adopted by consensus by the IPU Governing Council at its 178th session
(Nairobi, 12 May 2006)
The Governing Council of the Inter-Parliamentary Union,
Referring to the case of Mr. Cheam Channy, a member of the National Assembly of Cambodia, as outlined in the report of the Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians (CL/178/12(b)-R.1), and to the resolution adopted at its 177th session (October 2005),
Taking account of the information provided by the sources on 8 February and 25 April 2006,
Recalling that Mr. Cheam Channy, a member of the National Assembly of Cambodia, was arrested on 3 February 2005 on charges of "creating an illegal military force" after the National Assembly had lifted his parliamentary immunity without his having been heard; on 9 August 2005, at the close of a trial which the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for human rights in Cambodia described as a grave injustice, a military court found him guilty and sentenced him to seven years’ imprisonment; recalling also the serious concerns it had expressed previously at the lifting of Mr. Cheam Channy’s immunity, at the issue of respect for fair trial guarantees and at his conditions of detention, all of which had led it to call for his immediate release,
Considering that, on 5 February 2005, King Baromneath Norodom Sihamoni pardoned Mr. Cheam Channy at the Prime Minister’s request and that he has since resumed his seat in parliament and is fully exercising his parliamentary mandate,
- Welcomes the release of Mr. Cheam Channy and his return to parliament; and consequently decides to close this case;
- Nevertheless regrets his arrest, sentencing and detention, which not only deprived him of his right to exercise his parliamentary mandate but also deprived his electorate of representation in parliament.
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