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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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The IPU underscores lack of political will, urges speedy resolution of the cases against 15 CNRP Members of Parliament ...
PHNOM PENH (9 May 2017) - The Khmer version is now available of the decision of the Governing Council of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), the world organization of national parliaments, adopted on 5 April 2017, regarding the cases of 15 parliamentarians from the opposition Cambodian National Rescue Party (CNRP)....
OHCHR calls for release of the 'Adhoc 5'
Geneva (28 April 2017) - In Geneva today, on the occasion of the one-year anniversary of the arbitrary detention of the "Adhoc 5," OHCHR spokesperson Elizabeth Throssell called for their release without delay. Adhoc staff Lim Mony, Ny Vanda, Ny Sokha and Yi Soksan - as well as the Deputy Secretary General...
OHCHR communications database now available to the public
GENEVA (19 April 2017) – The United Nations human rights office has just opened to the public a database containing the direct communications to governments about human rights concerns, including urgent...
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