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Annual Report 2018 of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia, Rhona Smith
GENEVA (07 September 2018) – The main report 2018 of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia, Rhona Smith, is now available online.
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Human Rights Analysis of the Draft Law on Minimum Wage
PHNOM PENH (22 August 2018) - OHCHR has released its human rights analysis of the Law on Minimum Wage in English and Khmer. The present analysis was prepared by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Cambodia while the law was still in a draft stage. It provides...
Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights briefing note on the elections in Cambodia
GENEVA (17 August 2018) – The Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights expressed concerns about the human rights environment around the elections that were recently held in Cambodia without the dissolved main opposition party, the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP). This left a significant...
Zeid warmly welcomes appointment of new UN Human Rights Chief
GENEVA (10 August 2018) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on Friday warmly welcomed the UN General Assembly’s appointment of Michelle Bachelet to succeed him when his mandate comes to an end on 31 August 2018.
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UN experts express concerns about media freedoms ahead of vote
GENEVA (15 June 2018) – UN human rights experts have called on Cambodian authorities to respect and ensure the right to freedom of opinion and expression, citing concerns about a clampdown on the media ahead of a general election on 29 July.