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Cambodia’s Human Rights Record to be Reviewed by the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group
GENEVA (25 January 2019) – Cambodia’s human rights record will be examined by the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group for the third time on Wednesday, 30 January 2019 in a meeting that will be webcast live.
Call for NGO applications: OHCHR humanitarian funds
PHNOM PENH (18 January 2019) - The call for NGO Applications to the UN Voluntary Trust Fund for Victims of Torture as well as the UN Voluntary Trust Fund on Contemporary Forms of Slavery is open. Interested organizations for projects to be implemented in 2020 are invited to submit applications from 15 January to no...
Statement by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet, celebrating 70th anniversary of UDHR
GENEVA (6 December 2018) - On 10 December, we mark the 70th anniversary of that extraordinary document, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, High Commissioner Bachelet calls on “each of us to do our part to breathe life into the beautiful dream of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.”
Come celebrate human rights day 2018 with us
PHNOM PENH (19 November 2018) - We are very excited to invite you to our event on 8 December 2018 at the Olympic Stadium! We will be celebrating this amazing event with many Human Rights Champions and artists who will deliver unforgettable live performances including Laura Mam, Oun, Kmeng Khmer and the Cambodian...
Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General On the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia
NEW YORK (16 November 2018) - The Secretary-General takes note of today’s delivery by the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) of the trial judgment in the case 002/02 against Mr. Nuon Chea, former Deputy Secretary of the Communist Party of Kampuchea, and Mr. Khieu Samphan, former Head of...