• 2012 ANNI Report on the Performance and Establishment of National Human Rights Institutions in Asia

    2012 ANNI Report on the Performance and Establishment of National Human Rights Institutions in Asia

    The past couple of years have seen an increasing international recognition of the role of NHRIs in the promotion and protection of human rights. A growing number of Asian countries have either recently established or are considering the establishment of NHRIs, including in Burma, where the Myanmar National Human Rights Commission (MNHRC) was set up in September 2011. Meanwhile the UN Human Rights Council on 16 June 2011 adopted a resolution on “National Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights” – the first-ever Human Rights Council resolution to focus specifically on the work of NHRIs.

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  • Major Forum Addresses Climate Change and Food Security

    Major Forum Addresses Climate Change and Food Security

    Today over 400 representatives of civil society representing 4 networks including Environment Forum Network (EFN), Pesticide Reduction Network (PRN‐C) and REDD+ Network, working group on food security and rural development, Government, research institutes, farmer organisations, Mong Rithy Group and farmer representatives from 24 provinces and cities met in Phnom Penh to help smallholder farmers in Cambodia adapt to climate change and address food security.

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  • CCHR Congratulates US President Barack Obama on His Re-election

    CCHR Congratulates US President Barack Obama on His Re-election

    The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”) congratulates US President Barack Obama on his re-election on 6 November 2012. CCHR welcomes the interest in Cambodia that President Obama’s administration has shown over the past four years, with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton making two visits over the term, and President Obama scheduled to arrive next week for the Association of South East Asian Nations (“ASEAN”) Summit. We are honored to welcome them both to Cambodia.

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  • CCHR Congratulates US President Barack Obama on His Re-election

    CCHR Congratulates US President Barack Obama on His Re-election

    The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”) congratulates US President Barack Obama on his re-election on 6 November 2012. CCHR welcomes the interest in Cambodia that President Obama’s administration has shown over the past four years, with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton making two visits over the term, and President Obama scheduled to arrive next week for the Association of South East Asian Nations (“ASEAN”) Summit. We are honored to welcome them both to Cambodia.

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  • CCHR Congratulates US President Barack Obama on His Re-election

    CCHR Congratulates US President Barack Obama on His Re-election

    The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”) congratulates US President Barack Obama on his re-election on 6 November 2012. CCHR welcomes the interest in Cambodia that President Obama’s administration has shown over the past four years, with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton making two visits over the term, and President Obama scheduled to arrive next week for the Association of South East Asian Nations (“ASEAN”) Summit. We are honored to welcome them both to Cambodia.

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  • Major Forum Addresses Climate Change and Food Security

    Major Forum Addresses Climate Change and Food Security

    Today over 400 representatives of civil society representing 4 networks including Environment Forum Network (EFN), Pesticide Reduction Network (PRN‐C) and REDD+ Network, working group on food security and rural development, Government, research institutes, farmer organisations, Mong Rithy Group and farmer representatives from 24 provinces and cities met in Phnom Penh to help smallholder farmers in Cambodia adapt to climate change and address food security.

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  • Major Forum Addresses Climate Change and Food Security

    Major Forum Addresses Climate Change and Food Security

    Today over 400 representatives of civil society representing 4 networks including Environment Forum Network (EFN), Pesticide Reduction Network (PRN‐C) and REDD+ Network, working group on food security and rural development, Government, research institutes, farmer organisations, Mong Rithy Group and farmer representatives from 24 provinces and cities met in Phnom Penh to help smallholder farmers in Cambodia adapt to climate change and address food security.

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  • Open Letter Regarding Discriminatory Comments Made in Relation to the Removal of Thmar Kaul Village Chief Surn Savoeun

    Open Letter Regarding Discriminatory Comments Made in Relation to the Removal of Thmar Kaul Village Chief Surn Savoeun

    I write to you regarding the removal of Surn Savoeun from her position as the Cambodian People’s Party (“CPP”) chief of Thmar Kaul village in Choam Chao commune in Phnom Penh earlier this month and in particular recent comments regarding her removal made by the deputy commune chief.

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  • Open Letter Regarding Discriminatory Comments Made in Relation to the Removal of Thmar Kaul Village Chief Surn Savoeun

    Open Letter Regarding Discriminatory Comments Made in Relation to the Removal of Thmar Kaul Village Chief Surn Savoeun

    I write to you regarding the removal of Surn Savoeun from her position as the Cambodian People’s Party (“CPP”) chief of Thmar Kaul village in Choam Chao commune in Phnom Penh earlier this month and in particular recent comments regarding her removal made by the deputy commune chief.

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  • Open Letter Regarding Discriminatory Comments Made in Relation to the Removal of Thmar Kaul Village Chief Surn Savoeun

    Open Letter Regarding Discriminatory Comments Made in Relation to the Removal of Thmar Kaul Village Chief Surn Savoeun

    I write to you regarding the removal of Surn Savoeun from her position as the Cambodian People’s Party (“CPP”) chief of Thmar Kaul village in Choam Chao commune in Phnom Penh earlier this month and in particular recent comments regarding her removal made by the deputy commune chief.

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  • Open Letter Regarding Discriminatory Comments Made in Relation to the Removal of Thmar Kaul Village Chief Surn Savoeun

    Open Letter Regarding Discriminatory Comments Made in Relation to the Removal of Thmar Kaul Village Chief Surn Savoeun

    I write to you regarding the removal of Surn Savoeun from her position as the Cambodian People’s Party (“CPP”) chief of Thmar Kaul village in Choam Chao commune in Phnom Penh earlier this month and in particular recent comments regarding her removal made by the deputy commune chief.

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  • European Parliment Joint Motion for a Resolution on Cambodia

    European Parliment Joint Motion for a Resolution on Cambodia

    Cambodia recognises that after two decades of conflict, and since the Paris Peace Accords in 1991, Cambodia has made progress in strengthening democracy, human rights and the rule of law;...

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