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Global update by UN high commissioner for human rights at the human rights council

GENEVA (February 26 2021) - “I am particularly concerned about the severe shrinking of civic space in Cambodia, where increasing and disproportionate legislative and administrative measures limit the rights to free expression, peaceful assembly, association and information, among others”, said UN High...

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UN experts alarmed by ‘naming and shaming’ of covid-19 victims

GENEVA (11 December 2020) – UN human rights experts expressed alarm at the decision by Cambodian authorities to allow the publication of personal information about individuals who have tested positive for COVID-19, saying such actions were a deplorable breach of privacy.

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UN expert alarmed by reports of mass trial of activists

GENEVA (25 November 2020) – The UN human rights expert on Cambodia today expressed serious concerns about an imminent mass trial of individuals associated with the disbanded Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP).

 

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UN experts alarmed by civil society crackdown, attacks on defenders

GENEVA (16 November 2020) – UN human rights experts today expressed concerns about tightening restrictions on civil society in Cambodia, and called for an immediate end to the systematic detention and criminalisation of human rights defenders, as well as excessive use of force against them.

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Press briefing on Cambodia by the Spokesperson of the High Commissioner for human rights

GENEVA (11 September 2020) – Press briefing on Cambodia by the Spokesperson of the High Commissioner for human rights
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  • Global update by UN high commissioner for human rights at the human rights council
  • UN experts alarmed by ‘naming and shaming’ of covid-19 victims
  • UN expert alarmed by reports of mass trial of activists
  • UN experts alarmed by civil society crackdown, attacks on defenders
  • Press briefing on Cambodia by the Spokesperson of the High Commissioner for human rights
  • Asia-Pacific: Bachelet alarmed by clampdown on freedom of expression during COVID-19
  • Exceptional measures should not be cover for human rights abuses and violations - Bachelet
  • COVID-19 and human rights
  • Cambodia’s state of emergency law endangers human rights, warns UN expert
  • UN experts sent a communication expressing concerns over Cambodia’s draft law on the management of the nation during state of emergency
  • COVID is “a colossal test of leadership” requiring coordinated action, High Commissioner tells Human Rights Council
  • António Guterres on Gender Base Violence and Covid 19
  • The Secretary-General Remarks to the UN Human Rights Council: “The Highest Aspiration: A Call to Action for Human Rights”
  • Threats to human rights are rising – but so are solutions, High Commissioner says
  • UN experts say Kem Sokha trial is “tainted”
  • Statement by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Human Rights Day 2019
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