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Report on Cambodia’s Universal Periodic Review 2019
The Universal Periodic Review of Cambodia was held on 30 January 2019. The delegation of Cambodia was headed by the President of the Cambodian Human Rights Committee, H.E. Mr. KEO Remy. On 1 February 2019, the Working Group adopted the report on Cambodia.
Opening Statement by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet at the 40th session of the Human Rights Council
GENEVA (25 February 2019) – The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, addresses the Human Rights Council at its fortieth regular session and calls for “courage and vision” from State leaders to advance both the interests of humanity and the national interest of their own countries.
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.”