Below are some resources that may be helpful if you are interested in learning more – about Cambodia, IJM’s work here, the issue of slavery and human trafficking, and/or Cambodia's landmark Law on the Suppression of Human Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation (2008).
- The Work of IJM-Cambodia (2017):
- IJM-Cambodia - Conviction of Major Labor Trafficking Network for Thai Fishing Industry (May 2017, three convictions):
- IJM-Cambodia - Trial Against Bride Trafficking Network (June 2017, four convictions):
- IJM-Cambodia - Arrest & Rescue Operation for Seven Children in Forced Child Begging Ring (June 2017)
- IJM-Cambodia - Conviction of Trafficker who Deceived a Moldovan Woman into an Exploitative Restaurant Job in Cambodia, Leading to Sexual Exploitation (August 2017, one conviction):
- IJM-Cambodia - Conviction of Trafficking Network that Deceived 17 Students with False Promises of a "Scholarship" in the Field of "Fashion Design," Sending them instead to be Cheap Labor in a Garment Factory in China (September 2017, two convictions):
- Cover Story in Christianity Today (June 2017) on Success in Attacking Child Sex Trafficking (Featuring IJM-Cambodia)
- Story in Christianity Today (June 2017) on the Problem of Labor Trafficking (Featuring IJM-Cambodia)
- Cambodian history (Britannica.com);
- IJM/Cambodia Fact Sheet (IJM website);
- IJM’s Work in Cambodia on the issue of Sex Trafficking (IJM Report);
- U.S. State Department "Trafficking in Persons Report" (June 2017);
- U.S. State Department “Trafficking in Persons Report” (June 2016);
- Justice Review: A Journal on Protection and Justice for the Poor, 2014-15 (IJM Report);
- U.S. Department of State Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (Website);
- Legal Resources:
- Cambodia's Law on the Suppression of Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation (2008);
- Explanatory Notes on Cambodia's Anti-Trafficking Law (promulgated by Cambodia's Ministry of Justice);
- Books (Amazon links):
- Good News About Injustice, Gary Haugen
- Cambodia Curse: The Story of a Troubled Land, Joel Brinkley
- The Locust Effect, Gary Haugen
- Current Events/Newspaper Articles
- Cambodia government dissolves its main opposition party months before election (November 2017)
- Opposition Party Deputy President (Mu Sochua) Flees the Country to Avoid Potential Arrest (September 2017)
- Arrest of New Opposition Party Leader (Kem Sokha) for treason (September 2017)
- Increase of 127% in Arrests and Operations Against Human Trafficking Networks in Cambodia (July 2017)
- Prime Minister taunts exiled former Opposition Party leader (Sam Rainsy) (June 2017)
- Opposition party leader (Sam Rainsy) resigns to avoid disenfranchisement of party and supporters (Feb. 2017)
- Cambodia passes law allowing for abolition of opposing political parties (Feb. 2017)
- Allegations about slavery/debt bondage in brick kilns (Dec. 2016)
- Government's response to allegations about slavery/debt bondage in brick kilns (Dec. 2016)