ACID LAW ADOPTED_ NOW WHAT?

 Cambodia Parliament Adopts Acid Law – Now what?

Tat Marina case was used more than once during the debate. The questions that the opposition MPs asked:

1/ why did the perpetrator and her accomplices never spent even 1 second in jail?

2/ what can guarantee that the law will protect the victims with the current state of impunity?

3/ It really is not about how heavy the sentences stipulated in the newly adopted law, it is about Rule of Law.

4/ Victims of acid attacks will continue to suffer in silence and the costs of surviving and rebuilding a life will still be on the family as the ruling party MPs f ailed to support the victims/ plea to include the responsibility of the state in the full cost, the life-long coverage for all costs and other services required by the victims of acid attack.

More about Tat Marina and her fight for justice

http://www.camnet.com.kh/cambodia.daily/selected_features/acid_laced_vengeance.htm– Article from The Cambodia in 2000

http://cambopedia.com/2010/11/finding-face-tat-marina.html – Finding Face Documentary

http://www.stanford.edu/group/cwstudents/shakegirl/ – Graphic Novel based on Tat Marina by Stanford University students.

http://www.garella.com/rich/eric/tatmarina.htm – “Faces of the Past and the Future”

http://www.voanews.com/khmer-english/news/Family-of-1999-Acid-Attack-Victim-Settles-Abroad-90503899.html – Story of her claiming refuge in America