CHAPTER 1 General Provisions Article 1: Objective of This Law The objective of this law is to suppress the acts of human trafficking and sexual exploitation in order to protect the rights and dignity of human beings, to improve the health and welfare of citizens, to preserve and enhance good national customs, and to implement the UN Protocol to Prevent, Suppress, and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, or other international instruments or agreements with regard to human trafficking that the Kingdom of Cambodia has ratified or signed. Article 2: Application of This Law within the Territory This law shall apply to any offense committed in the territory of the Kingdom of Cambodia. For the purposes of this law, the territory of the Kingdom of Cambodia is deemed to include any vessel or aircraft entitled to fly the flag of Cambodia. An offense shall be considered to be committed in the territory of the Kingdom of Cambodia whenever one of its constituent acts (elements) takes place within the territory of the Kingdom of Cambodia. Article 3: Application of This Law outside the Territory This law shall apply to any felonies or misdemeanors committed outside the territory of the Kingdom of Cambodia by a Khmer citizen. This law shall apply to any felonies or misdemeanors committed outside 1