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    Terrorism and human rights

    Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi, 2007
    The primary objectives of an effective counter-terrorism effort are to safeguard human rights, strengthen democracy and uphold the Rule of Law. The response to terrorism can neither be selective nor lead to unleashing a wave of unbridled repression, which would, as a consequence, enormously infringe upon the rights of the citizens.
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    Concerted international action needed to rein in Pakistan terror groups

    Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi, 2009
    Notwithstanding the partial admission of the allegations made by India about the Mumbai attackers, Pakistan's complicity in allowing Lashkar-e-Tayyeba (LeT), the terrorist group behind the 2008 Mumbai attack, to retain most of its extensive infrastructure and capability to pursue its terrorist activities calls for an intense global scrutiny.
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    National security policy review in Cambodia

    Cambodian Institute for Cooperation and Peace, 2007
    After a long time in war and conflict, Cambodia armed forces have been integrated into a single entity with full ability to defend the country and people. Defence and security policy in Cambodia is integrated in the White Paper and not in national security policy. It has been formulated by the Ministry of Defence with only limited participation from the Parliament and civil society.
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    Cambodia: maritime security challenges and priorities

    Cambodian Institute for Cooperation and Peace, 2011
    Cambodia’s sea is relatively peaceful. However, it can be to a potential shelter for terrorists, illegal smugglers, pirates, and environmental pollution due to the lack of the capacity to effectively oversee and manage its maritime territory.
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    Cambodia: security challenges and implications for defense policy

    Cambodian Institute for Cooperation and Peace, 2011
    Cambodia is experienced in dealing with disasters due to a protracted war lasting about three decades, marked principally by the genocide committed by the Khmer Rouge and international isolation.
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    The association of psychosocial health problems with functional disabilities among community members in rural Cambodia

    Cambodian Institute for Cooperation and Peace, 2009
    According to the World Health Organization, there is no single official definition of mental health. Cultural differences, subjective assessments, and competing professional theories all affect how mental health is defined. In general, most experts agree that "mental health" and "mental illness" are not opposites.
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    Violating rights and threatening lives: the Camisea Gas Project and indigenous peoples in voluntary isolation

    Forest Peoples Programme, 2014
    This report highlights the existing impacts of the Camisea gas project in the south-east Peruvian Amazon on indigenous peoples living in ‘voluntary isolation’ (‘isolated peoples’) in the Kugapakori-Nahua-Nanti and Others’ Reserve.
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    Social and economic impacts of Tuungane: final report on the effects of a community-driven reconstruction programme in the Democratic Republic of Congo

    International Initiative for Impact Evaluation, 2013
    Community Driven Development/ Reconstruction programs are a major tool for supporting local level development as well as addressing needs in post-conflict environments. By 2004, such projects accounted for $ 7 billion in the World Bank’s portfolio alone (Mansuri and Rao 2004). The evidence for this approach, however, remains weak.
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    Peru’s deadly environment: the rise in killings of environmental and land defenders

    Global Witness, 2014
    The world’s attention was be on Peru December 2014, as governments from 195 countries convened in the capital Lima for the UN Climate Conference. As delegates negotiated a global deal aimed at averting catastrophic climate change, a parallel human rights crisis is still unfolding in Peru and around the world.
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    Americas: transforming pain into hope: human rights defenders in the Americas

    Amnesty International, 2012
    Human rights defenders play a fundamental role in helping to create a world where the promise of human rights becomes a reality for all.

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