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Homosexuality, Sodomy Legislation/Cases/References
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National

Consensual sex between same-sex couples is lawful [R1.1]

2.

Courts & Tribunals

In November 2011, 20-year-old Phlong Srey Rann was reported to have been sentenced to four and a half years behind bars for having sex with her "underaged" girlfriend, her family allegedly having provided falsified documents to the court identifying their daughter as only 14 years old. A birth certificate and family book purportedly submitted to the employing factory and obtained by the Phnom Penh Post show that she was born on March 9, 1992, making her 19 at the time of Phlong Srey Rann's arrest [R2.1].

R1.1 PinkNews.co.uk: Cambodia to Ban Foreign Gays From Adopting Children 13 FEB 09
R2.1 fridæ: Woman in Cambodia sentenced to 4.5 years jail for lesbian sex with 'minor' 01 FEB 12
Marriage Legislation/Cases/References
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National

In 2004, the King expressed support for same-sex marriage [R1.1]

R1.1 PinkNews.co.uk: Cambodia to Ban Foreign Gays From Adopting Children 13 FEB 09
Parenting, Adoption, Fostering Legislation/Cases/References
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National

In February 2009, new rules on foreign adoption in Cambodia will ban a range of foreigners from the process. Gay people, single people, those on a "low income" and those who already have two children will not be able to adopt [R1.1]

R1.1 PinkNews.co.uk: Cambodia to Ban Foreign Gays From Adopting Children 13 FEB 09