International Instruments

Khmer translations of the human rights treatries to which Cambodia is a party can be accessed through this site, as can available Khmer translations of other important international human rights instruments. The English texts of all the major international humna rights instruments can be accessed through http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/Pages/HumanRightsBodies.aspx. The authentic texts of each of these instruments are the six official languages of the United Nations: French, English, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese and Russian.

A comprehensive of international human rights instruments which Cambodia has signed, ratified or acceded is available from the Treaty Bodies Database

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Principleas relating to the status of national institutions (The Paris principles) (04-Mar-2004)
The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights in 1992 (ICCPR)
First Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in 1992 (ICESCR)
The Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment in 1992 (CAT)
Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
The Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1992 (CRC)
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflicts
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution, and child pornography
The Convention on the Elimination of All forms of Discrimination Against Women in 1992 (CEDAW)
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All forms of Discrimination against Women
The Convention relating to the Status of Refugees in 1992
Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees
The International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination in 1993 (ICERD)
Declaration on the Rights and Responsibility of Individuals
Declaration on the Rights of Disable Persons
Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities
United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
 
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