<p><strong><em>The Hague, 7 October 2014</em></strong>&nbsp;– A communication filed at the International Criminal Court (ICC) today alleges that widespread and systematic land grabbing conducted by the Cambodian ruling elite for over a decade amounts to a crime against humanity. The communication contends that senior members of the Cambodian government, its security forces, and government-connected business leaders carried out an attack on the civilian population with the twin objectives of self-enrichment and preservation of power at all costs.</p>

<p><em>Civil Society Says New Government&rsquo;s Priorities Should Include Accession to Rome Statute</em></p> <p>New York, USA/ Bangkok, Thailand &ndash; The Coalition for the International Criminal Court today [3 Oct] called on Thailand to demonstrate its commitment to the global fight against impunity by acceding to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC)&mdash;the world&rsquo;s first and only permanent international court able to prosecute war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. Thailand is the focus of the Coalition&rsquo;s Universal Ratification Campaign (URC) for October 2011, a campaign launched to call upon a different country each month to join the Rome Statute&mdash;the ICC&rsquo;s founding treaty.</p>