• NGO and Associations Joint Statement on the Second Draft of the Law on Associations and Non-Governmental Organizations

    NGO and Associations Joint Statement on the Second Draft of the Law on Associations and Non-Governmental Organizations

    Civil society organizations, including associations and NGOs, are very concerned that the law in its second draft gives far-reaching power to the authorities to control the rights of citizens to organize and express themselves.

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  • NGO and Associations Joint Statement on the Second Draft of the Law on Associations and Non-Governmental Organizations

    NGO and Associations Joint Statement on the Second Draft of the Law on Associations and Non-Governmental Organizations

    Civil society organizations, including associations and NGOs, are very concerned that the law in its second draft gives far-reaching power to the authorities to control the rights of citizens to organize and express themselves.

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  • NGO and Associations Joint Statement on the Second Draft of the Law on Associations and Non-Governmental Organizations

    NGO and Associations Joint Statement on the Second Draft of the Law on Associations and Non-Governmental Organizations

    Civil society organizations, including associations and NGOs, are very concerned that the law in its second draft gives far-reaching power to the authorities to control the rights of citizens to organize and express themselves.

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  • NGO and Associations Joint Statement on the Second Draft of the Law on Associations and Non-Governmental Organizations

    NGO and Associations Joint Statement on the Second Draft of the Law on Associations and Non-Governmental Organizations

    Civil society organizations, including associations and NGOs, are very concerned that the law in its second draft gives far-reaching power to the authorities to control the rights of citizens to organize and express themselves.

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  • Cambodia Human Rights Report 2010

    Cambodia Human Rights Report 2010

    Cambodia is a constitutional monarchy with an elected government and a population of approximately 14 million. In the most recent national elections, held in 2008, the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP), led by Prime Minister Hun Sen, won 90 of 123 National Assembly seats. Most observers assessed that the election process improved over previous elections but did not fully meet international standards. The CPP consolidated control of the three branches of government and other national institutions, with most power concentrated in the hands of the prime minister. Although civilian authorities nominally controlled the security forces, in many instances security forces acted under directives of CPP leadership.

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  • Cambodia: Restrictive Draft NGO Law an Urgent Cause for Concern

    Cambodia: Restrictive Draft NGO Law an Urgent Cause for Concern

    Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) urgently appeal to bi-lateral and multilateral governments and institutions to condemn this Law and to call upon theCambodian government to stop its formalisation process.

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  • Cambodia: Restrictive Draft NGO Law an Urgent Cause for Concern

    Cambodia: Restrictive Draft NGO Law an Urgent Cause for Concern

    Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) urgently appeal to bi-lateral and multilateral governments and institutions to condemn this Law and to call upon theCambodian government to stop its formalisation process.

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  • Cambodia: Withdraw Flawed Draft NGO and Assocation Law Revised Draft Does Not Address Rights Concerns

    Cambodia: Withdraw Flawed Draft NGO and Assocation Law Revised Draft Does Not Address Rights Concerns

    Cambodia’s draft law regulating associations and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) should be abandoned because it will undermine rather than promote civil society in the country, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, Forum-Asia, Global Witness, Southeast Asia Press Alliance, Frontline Defenders, and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) within the framework of the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders said today. On April 6, a total of 62 international organizations working in Cambodia called upon the country’s international donors to make strong public and private statements opposing passage of a law that poses the most significant threat to the country’s civil society in many years.

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  • Cambodia: Restrictive Draft NGO Law an Urgent Cause for Concern

    Cambodia: Restrictive Draft NGO Law an Urgent Cause for Concern

    Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) urgently appeal to bi-lateral and multilateral governments and institutions to condemn this Law and to call upon theCambodian government to stop its formalisation process.

    Read More
  • Cambodia: Withdraw Flawed Draft NGO and Assocation Law Revised Draft Does Not Address Rights Concerns

    Cambodia: Withdraw Flawed Draft NGO and Assocation Law Revised Draft Does Not Address Rights Concerns

    Cambodia’s draft law regulating associations and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) should be abandoned because it will undermine rather than promote civil society in the country, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, Forum-Asia, Global Witness, Southeast Asia Press Alliance, Frontline Defenders, and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) within the framework of the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders said today. On April 6, a total of 62 international organizations working in Cambodia called upon the country’s international donors to make strong public and private statements opposing passage of a law that poses the most significant threat to the country’s civil society in many years.

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  • Cambodia: Withdraw Flawed Draft NGO and Assocation Law Revised Draft Does Not Address Rights Concerns

    Cambodia: Withdraw Flawed Draft NGO and Assocation Law Revised Draft Does Not Address Rights Concerns

    Cambodia’s draft law regulating associations and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) should be abandoned because it will undermine rather than promote civil society in the country, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, Forum-Asia, Global Witness, Southeast Asia Press Alliance, Frontline Defenders, and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) within the framework of the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders said today. On April 6, a total of 62 international organizations working in Cambodia called upon the country’s international donors to make strong public and private statements opposing passage of a law that poses the most significant threat to the country’s civil society in many years.

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  • Cambodia: Withdraw Flawed Draft NGO and Assocation Law Revised Draft Does Not Address Rights Concerns

    Cambodia: Withdraw Flawed Draft NGO and Assocation Law Revised Draft Does Not Address Rights Concerns

    Cambodia’s draft law regulating associations and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) should be abandoned because it will undermine rather than promote civil society in the country, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, Forum-Asia, Global Witness, Southeast Asia Press Alliance, Frontline Defenders, and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) within the framework of the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders said today. On April 6, a total of 62 international organizations working in Cambodia called upon the country’s international donors to make strong public and private statements opposing passage of a law that poses the most significant threat to the country’s civil society in many years.

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