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OHCHR has released its human rights analysis of the draft Law on Agricultural Land in Khmer and English
PHNOM PENH (21 July 2017) - OHCHR has released its human rights analysis of the draft Law on Agricultural Land in Khmer and English. The analysis is based on the applicable international human rights standards, drawing in particular from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the United Nations Declaration on...
OHCHR welcomes the release of the Human Rights Defenders and the dropping of all charges against its own staff member
GENEVA (07 July 2017) - In Geneva today, OHCHR spokesperson Elizabeth Throssell wholeheartedly welcomed the release on bail of the five human rights defenders and the dropping of all legal proceedings against the OHCHR staff who had been charged in the same case. Read the full statement in Read More »
OHCHR has released its human rights analysis of the amended Law on Political Parties in Khmer
PHNOM PENH (5 July 2017) - OHCHR has released its human rights analysis of the amended Law on Political Parties in Khmer. The analysis draws from the key applicable provisions of the Cambodian Constitution and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) that establish the rights to take part in...
United in supporting victims of torture
PHNOM PENH (26 June 2017) - The International Day in Support of Victims of Torture on 26 June marks the moment in 1987 when the UN Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading...
UN Human Rights Office welcomes orderly communal vote in Cambodia, calls for re-opening the civil society space
BANGKOK (7 June 2017) - The UN Human Rights Office for South-East Asia welcomed the orderly conduct of voting in the communal elections held across Cambodia on 4 June, and expressed hope that the smooth and peaceful poll bodes well for the democratic process ahead next year’s general elections. Katia Chirizzi,...
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