Members of the Royal Government of Cambodia attend a workshop on ICESCR and treaty reporting, July 2009

Cambodia's reporting under each treaty

ICCPR
(Entered into force: 26-Aug-1992) - ICCPR reports every 4 years
Civil & Political Rights
Ratified 1992
ICESCR
(Entered into force: 16-Aug-1992) - ICESCR every 5 years
Economic, Social & Cultural Rights
Ratified 1992
ICERD
(Entered into force: 28-Dec-1983) - ICERD reports due every 2 years
Racial Discrimination
Ratified 1983
CEDAW
(Entered into force: 14-Nov-1992) - CEDAW reports due every 4 years
Discrimination against Women
Ratified 1992
CAT
(Entered into force: 14-Nov-1992) - CAT reports due every 4 years
Torture & Ill-treatment
Ratified 1992
CRC
(Entered into force: 14-Nov-1992) - CRC reports due every 5 years
Children's Rights
Ratified 1992
OP-CAT (Entered into force: 30-Apr-2007) – no periodic reports
Prevention of torture
Ratified 2007
 
CRPD (Entered into force: 19-Jan-2013) - CRPD reports due every 4 years
Rights of persons with disabilities
Ratified 2012
 
CED (Entered into force: 27-Jul-2013) – Only initial report is required
Protection from enforced disappearance
Accession 2013
Treaty-based bodies

What is treaty reporting?

Cambodia has become party to the following core international human rights treaties and some of their optional protocols:

  1. International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR)
  2. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)
  3. International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD)
  4. Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and its Optional Protocol
  5. Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT) and its Optional Protocol
  6. Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), its Optional Protocol on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, and its Optional Protocol on the involvement of children in armed conflict
  7. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
  8. Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance.

By accepting these treaties, the Government has made a legally-binding commitment to implement the rights in the treaties for the benefit of everyone in Cambodia.

All States parties to a human rights treaty are obliged to submit regular reports to the United Nations on how the rights in the treaty are being implemented. These reports are reviewed by a committee of independent experts, often referred to as a 'treaty body'. The Committee examines each report and addresses its concerns and recommendations to the State party in the form of "concluding observations". The aim of this process is not to criticize governments, but to provide constructive advice on ways in which countries can make better progress towards ensuring that everyone can enjoy the rights set out in the treaty. The treaty body does not rely solely on information provided in the government's report to make its assessment. It is also open to submissions from national and international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) as well as United Nations agencies, such as WHO or ILO.

For more information on Cambodia's reporting under each treaty, select the relevant treaty in the drop down menu below, where you will find the report(s) submitted by the Royal Government of Cambodia, as well as the lists of issues and questions, concluding observations and recommendations by the treaty bodies.
 

Description

Status

Date

Files


Concluding observations on the combined fourteenth to seventeenth reports of Cambodia*

Issued on

2019-12-12

 

Concluding observations on the second periodic report of Cambodia*

Issued on

2015-04-27

 

Initial report

Issued on

2008-11-10

 

List of issues and questions

Issued on

2008-12-10

 

Response

Issued on

2009-03-25

 

Concluding observations and recommendations

Issued on

2009-05-22

 

List of Issues

Issued on

2014-07-07

 

Second Periodic Report

Issued on

2013-04-11

 

Second periodic report

Overdue

2004-02-11

 

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