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2012 Trafficking in Persons Report - Cambodia
Cambodia is a source, transit, and destination country for men, women, and children who are subjected to forced labor and sex trafficking. Cambodian men, women, and children migrate to countries within the region – primarily Thailand and Malaysia – for work, and many are subsequently subjected to sex trafficking, domestic servitude, debt bondage, or forced labor within the fishing, construction, and agricultural industries.
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Law on Administrative Management of Communes Sangkats
The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”) has classified the Law as red. The dominant role that the Law grants the Ministry of Interior (the “MOI”) undermines some positive provisions, while the role of the commune/sangkat councils (the “Councils”) as representatives of the people is difficult to reconcile with their role as agent of the State, given that the former represents the interests of the people and the latter the interests of the State and the ruling party. Decentralization is an admirable objective, but only if it transfers power to the people at the grassroots level. The Law fails as regards this overriding objective.
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Satement on Election Environment for the 3rd Mandate Commune/Sangkat Election
On June 3, 2012, Neutral and Impartial Committee for Free and Fair Elections in Cambodia (NICFEC) deployed 2,000 observers, including people with disabilities, in twenty-one (21) provinces/municipalities to monitor the 3rd Mandate Commune/Sangkat Election process in order to provide information and analyze the election process as well as to improve the process in the future.
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Satement on Election Environment for the 3rd Mandate Commune/Sangkat Election
On June 3, 2012, Neutral and Impartial Committee for Free and Fair Elections in Cambodia (NICFEC) deployed 2,000 observers, including people with disabilities, in twenty-one (21) provinces/municipalities to monitor the 3rd Mandate Commune/Sangkat Election process in order to provide information and analyze the election process as well as to improve the process in the future.
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Radio Voice of Democracy was banned for airing election news
Cambodian Centre for Independent Media (CCIM) was yesterday banned from broadcasting election news by the Ministry of Information. This is the first such instance of experience by CCIM of total censorship during polling day. Both Radio Sarika stations- FM106.5 in Phnom Penh and FM95.5 in Siem Reap- were shut down at intervals during the day: the Phnom Penh based station was allowed to broadcast only music programs until the close of polling stations at 3pm, whereas the Siem Reap station was shut down for the whole day.
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Radio Voice of Democracy was banned for airing election news
Cambodian Centre for Independent Media (CCIM) was yesterday banned from broadcasting election news by the Ministry of Information. This is the first such instance of experience by CCIM of total censorship during polling day. Both Radio Sarika stations- FM106.5 in Phnom Penh and FM95.5 in Siem Reap- were shut down at intervals during the day: the Phnom Penh based station was allowed to broadcast only music programs until the close of polling stations at 3pm, whereas the Siem Reap station was shut down for the whole day.
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Radio Voice of Democracy was banned for airing election news
Cambodian Centre for Independent Media (CCIM) was yesterday banned from broadcasting election news by the Ministry of Information. This is the first such instance of experience by CCIM of total censorship during polling day. Both Radio Sarika stations- FM106.5 in Phnom Penh and FM95.5 in Siem Reap- were shut down at intervals during the day: the Phnom Penh based station was allowed to broadcast only music programs until the close of polling stations at 3pm, whereas the Siem Reap station was shut down for the whole day.
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Radio Voice of Democracy was banned for airing election news
Cambodian Centre for Independent Media (CCIM) was yesterday banned from broadcasting election news by the Ministry of Information. This is the first such instance of experience by CCIM of total censorship during polling day. Both Radio Sarika stations- FM106.5 in Phnom Penh and FM95.5 in Siem Reap- were shut down at intervals during the day: the Phnom Penh based station was allowed to broadcast only music programs until the close of polling stations at 3pm, whereas the Siem Reap station was shut down for the whole day.
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Statement on Prior Actions in the Course of Campaingning for the 3rd Mandate Commune/Sangkat Election
From May 18 to June 1, 2012, Neutral and Impartial Committee for Free and Fair Elections in Cambodia, NICFEC had deployed 500 observers in 21 provinces/municipalities to monitor the election campaigning during the 3rd Mandate Commune/Sangkat Election in order to provide information and to analyze the campaigning process as well as to improve the process in the future.
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Joint Statement on the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration: Singapore’s AICHR representative must consult with local civil society
We, the undersigned civil society organisations, groups and individuals, reiterate the call by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay1 for meaningful consultation with Civil Society stakeholders on the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration (AHRD). As the high commissioner stated in her statement after her meeting with ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) members
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Joint Statement on the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration: Singapore’s AICHR representative must consult with local civil society
We, the undersigned civil society organisations, groups and individuals, reiterate the call by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay1 for meaningful consultation with Civil Society stakeholders on the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration (AHRD). As the high commissioner stated in her statement after her meeting with ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) members
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Statement on Prior Actions in the Course of Campaingning for the 3rd Mandate Commune/Sangkat Election
From May 18 to June 1, 2012, Neutral and Impartial Committee for Free and Fair Elections in Cambodia, NICFEC had deployed 500 observers in 21 provinces/municipalities to monitor the election campaigning during the 3rd Mandate Commune/Sangkat Election in order to provide information and to analyze the campaigning process as well as to improve the process in the future.
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