KINGDOM OF CAMBODIA NATION RELIGION KING 3 Office of the Ministry of Justice FOREWORD His Excellency Ang Vongvathana Minister of Justice The Royal Government, under the precious leadership of Samdech Akaek Mohasenabatey Techo Hun Sen, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, has been paying serious attention to dealing with the challenges of negative phenomena resulting in obstructions on the livelihood of citizens, in which the suppression of human trafficking and sexual exploitation is one of its major responsibilities. Stemming from the attention and strong responsibility of the Royal Government to further strengthen the protection of the rights and freedoms of and seek justice for its citizens, the Ministry of Justice, as an arm of the Royal Government, endeavored to conduct studies and researches on the national and international provisions relating to human trafficking, in order to reform the law in conformity with the legal and judicial reform policy of the Royal Government. Since “The Law on Suppression of Kidnapping, Human Trafficking/Sale of Human Being and Exploitation of Human Being”, passed by the National Assembly on 29 February 1996, had a lot of gaps and some provisions were not clearly stated, which led to ineffective enforcement and could not fully prevent human trafficking that involves cross-bor-