As we begin 2018, the UN Secretary-General, Mr Antonio Guterres, is issuing a ‘red alert for our world’. From conflicts and nuclear weapons anxieties, to climate change, inequalities, human rights violations, nationalism and xenophobia, the UN Secretary-General calls for unity and the defense of shared values in 2018.
The UN Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples states that “Indigenous peoples have the right to the lands, territories and resources which they have traditionally owned, occupied or otherwise used or acquired.” In Cambodia the legal framework establishes a way for Indigenous People to obtain a communal title to their ancestral lands. This video describes the first of the 3 steps of this process, namely the recognition of the Indigenous People Identity of a community seeking a communal land title.
OHCHR produced a short video on peaceful assembly. Its content is based on the articles of the Peaceful Demonstration Law and its Implementation Guideline adopted in 2009.