The timeline below offers a visual representation of some of the key human rights violations and restrictions which have occurred in the Kingdom of Cambodia from 2013-2023, and follows our previous timeline covering 1993-2012 which can still be accessed here. The incidents recorded on the timeline from 2013-2023 represent human rights violations by the Royal Government of Cambodia as well as third parties, cover a wide range of issues including extrajudicial killings, convictions of human rights defenders, land grabs, forced evictions, restrictions of the rights to peaceful assembly, association and expression, torture, arrests, arbitrary detention and legislative and institutional developments relevant to human rights. The information is gathered from the Khmer and English media, CCHR’s own Fundamental Freedoms Monitoring Project, and from the commentary and analysis of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) working on these issues. Each entry is accompanied by a short description and provides links to media articles reporting on the event or to the work of CSOs active in the field. It should not be forgotten that the cases included in the timeline are those that have garnered the attention of the media or CSOs, and are as such particularly emblematic or high-profile. The timeline is therefore only representative of a small fraction of the actual number of human rights violations occurring in Cambodia.
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Phnom Penh
Legislative and institutional developments relevant to human rights
CSOs urge Prime Minister Hun Sen to allow participation in the drafting of three judicial reform laws. Legal and political experts worry the laws will further weaken the independence of the judiciary.
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Phnom Penh
Torture, arrests and illegal detentions
Three Boeung Kak lake activists are arrested after a demonstration outside city hall calling for additional compensation for the loss of their homes through forced eviction. The arrests come just one week after Prime Minister Hun Sen seemingly reinstated the constitutional right of freedom of assembly.
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