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PHNOM PENH (17 December 2015) – The Ministry of Justice and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Cambodia (OHCHR-Cambodia) jointly organized a National Conference on Reforming the...

PHNOM PENH (10 December 2015) – To celebrate Human Rights Day, OHCHR-Cambodia commissioned an online quiz, where participants could test their knowledge of human rights by answering ten questions a day...

Representative of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights at the Human Rights Day Celebration organized by the Cambodian Human Rights Committee and the Phnom Penh Municipality 10...

Phnom Penh (18 November 2015) – The United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF) invites civil society organizations to apply for...

GENEVA (02 October 2015) – Resolution A/HRC/30/23 was adopted by consensus at the 30th regular session of the UN Human Rights Council on 2 October 2015. Through the resolution on technical assistance...

PHNOM PENH (24 September 2015) – It is an honour and a pleasure for me to have undertaken my first mission to the Kingdom of Cambodia since my appointment by the United Nations Human Rights Council in...

GENEVA/PHNOM PENH (11 September 2015) – The annual report of OHCHR on its work in Cambodia has just been released.

PHNOM PENH (20 August 2015) – The new Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia, Rhona Smith, has released this year's annual report to the UN Human Rights Council. Ms. Smith...

PHNOM PENH (11 August 2015) – Today, OHCHR finalized and shared with the Constitutional Council its human rights analysis of the Law on Associations and NGOs, which hold profound implications for the...

PHNOM PENH (18 May 2015) – The Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MoFAIC) responded to an op-ed – written jointly by the heads of OHCHR, UNICEF, UNFPA and UN...