The aim of this mini-report is to provide stakeholders and relevant institutions and organizations with information regarding the issues that were addressed during the Roundtable Discussion, “Investment Projects and Land Concessions”, held at the Koh Kong City Hotel, Krong Khemarak Phoumin, Koh Kong Province on 29 March 2013.
This report examines the BFC Program at ten years. BFC started operations in January 2001, following a three‐year trade agreement on textile and apparel between the Royal Cambodian Government and the United States, signed on January 20, 1999. (This report is available only in English)
This guide aims to provide concrete support, guidance and a uniform reference framework for civil society organisations (CSOs) to use the United Nations Guiding Principles to address the responsibility of business to respect human rights and thereby support local communities, workers and other rights holders to ensure fulfilment of their human rights.
The goals of this mini-report are to provide both stakeholders and to relevant institutions information on the issues that were raised and addressed regarding land reform in Cambodia, and particularly the topic of “Land Law 2001” that was held by the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) at East & West Cuisine Restaurant in Phnom Penh on 17 September 2012.
In August 2009, CCHR launched the Cambodian Business and Human Rights Project to advance understanding of human rights within the Cambodian business community, and to encourage Cambodian businesses to commit to respecting human rights. Since United Nations sponsored elections in 1993, Cambodia has embarked on an ambitious program of economic development, in which the private sector plays a prominent role.’’ ’’This report analyzes business and human rights in Cambodia through Ruggie’s framework on “Protect, Respect, and Remedy” and does so by focusing on land rights, labor rights, and the freedoms of expression, assembly and association in particular.
