
Amrin Law & Consultants Group
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Amrin is a public interest, social justice organization that provides legal aid to victims of human trafficking and child sexual exploitation.
Sam Oeun SOK
Chief Attorney, Amrin
​Founding Firm Member, LexCollective
Cambodia

Area of Focus
Human Rights
Mr. SOK Sam Oeun is the founder of Amrin Law and Consultants Group. Formerly Executive Director of the Cambodian Defenders Project for 18 years and Chair of The Cambodian Human Rights Action Coalition, he is a pioneer in human rights law in Cambodia. He still stands on a Chairman of the Board of Director of Committee for Free and Fair Election, Board Member of Women Media Center and of the Cambodian Women Crisis Center. As part time, he is also served as Legal Advisor for Transparency International Cambodia and the Cambodian Human Rights Action Committee. He has extensive experience in litigation, legal reform, and transitional justice, has taught law at universities, published legal books, and advised on draft laws, including on corruption and trafficking.
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​Mr. SOK is a Legal Professional Diplomat and has been registered as Attorney at Law with the Cambodian Bar since 1997. He received a Masters of Business Administration from Charles Stuat University, Australia in 2009 and his Graduate Certificate in Management from the University of Southern Queensland, Australia in 2004. Additionally, he received the British Chevening Fellowship on Political Science specialized on Democracy in 2007.
Monica SOK
​Lawyer & Research Consultant, Amrin
Founding Firm Member, LexCollective
Cambodia

Area of Focus
Human Trafficking
Gender-Based Violence
International Criminal Law
Online Sexual Exploitation of Children
Monica is a Cambodian lawyer at Amrin Law & Consultants Group, with 10 years of experience in human rights law, international criminal law (‘ICL’), fair trial rights, child protection, and anti-human trafficking. As head of LexCollective’s AMRIN programs, she advances legal awareness, judicial reform, and rights protection in Cambodia. She also supports reconciliation efforts at the ECCC and contributes to Cambodia’s ASEAN Law Association. Monica has worked as a case manager at the Khmer Rouge tribunal and served as a legal expert with the Legal Aid of Cambodia. She is also part of the Human Rights and International Relations team under the National Committee of Cambodia ASEAN Law Association. Previously, Monica served as the Country Director with Project Expedite Justice on its investigative work in South Sudan and Cambodia. Prior to that, she served as a paralegal at the Child Protection Unit, working for child protection and monitoring cases in court proceedings, and she has coordinated the Legal Impact Hub in Cambodia since 2020.
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