27 August 2014- Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights co-organized a workshop with PACT, Action for Research and Development (ARD), Development and Partnership in Action (DPA), and Save Vulnerable Cambodians (SVC) on business and human rights for provincial administration officials from Mondulkiri and Rattanakiri provinces on 26-27 August 2014.
The two-day workshop was organized familiarize the provincial officials with the international human rights concepts of most relevance in their respective provinces, in particular, business responsibilities to respect human rights and the rights of indigenous peoples and the obligations of the State to protect them. The roles, duties, and authorities of the sub-national councils under the 2008 Law on Administrative Management of the Capital, Provinces, Municipalities, Districts and Khan were also analyses and debated within the context of the commitment to empowering local governments to act on the expectations of the people they serve.