• Towards a living wage- the first People’s Tribunal in Cambodia

    Towards a living wage- the first People’s Tribunal in Cambodia

    On 5 and 6 February 2012, to call for the installment of a living wage, the Asian Floor Wage Alliance (AFWA) and the Asia Floor Wage-Cambodia (AFW-C)is an alliance of over nine unions and NGOs in Cambodia are holding Cambodia’s first ever People’s Tribunal on Minimum Living Wage and Decent Working Conditions for garment workers. The Tribunal will take place at the Cambodian-Japan Cooperation Center in Phnom Penh. Five judges and key expert witnesses will help shape the debate. The Tribunal findings will be announced during a press conference held at Basac Restaurant, 10:00AM – 11:30AM, 8 February 2012.

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  • Royal Government and OHCHR agree to continue joint work

    Royal Government and OHCHR agree to continue joint work

    The Royal Government of Cambodia and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights have entered a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) extending the technical cooperation programme for human rights in the country by both parties for another two years.

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  • Royal Government and OHCHR agree to continue joint work

    Royal Government and OHCHR agree to continue joint work

    The Royal Government of Cambodia and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights have entered a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) extending the technical cooperation programme for human rights in the country by both parties for another two years.

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  • Royal Government and OHCHR agree to continue joint work

    Royal Government and OHCHR agree to continue joint work

    The Royal Government of Cambodia and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights have entered a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) extending the technical cooperation programme for human rights in the country by both parties for another two years.

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  • Royal Government and OHCHR agree to continue joint work

    Royal Government and OHCHR agree to continue joint work

    The Royal Government of Cambodia and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights have entered a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) extending the technical cooperation programme for human rights in the country by both parties for another two years.

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  •  Five Shooting Incidents at Land Dispute Protests in the Past Two Months Show Alarming Increase in Use of Lethal Force

    Five Shooting Incidents at Land Dispute Protests in the Past Two Months Show Alarming Increase in Use of Lethal Force

    Cambodia’s land-grabbing crisis has taken a disturbingly violent turn in the last two months, with at least five incidents involving armed forces opening fire during protests. A total of 19residents were injured at the protests, including seven from gunfire. Each of the incidents has been documented in Video footage or photographs, but the perpetrators have to this uniformly escaped punishment, exemplifying Cambodia’s notorious system of impunity.

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  •  Five Shooting Incidents at Land Dispute Protests in the Past Two Months Show Alarming Increase in Use of Lethal Force

    Five Shooting Incidents at Land Dispute Protests in the Past Two Months Show Alarming Increase in Use of Lethal Force

    Cambodia’s land-grabbing crisis has taken a disturbingly violent turn in the last two months, with at least five incidents involving armed forces opening fire during protests. A total of 19residents were injured at the protests, including seven from gunfire. Each of the incidents has been documented in Video footage or photographs, but the perpetrators have to this uniformly escaped punishment, exemplifying Cambodia’s notorious system of impunity.

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  •  Five Shooting Incidents at Land Dispute Protests in the Past Two Months Show Alarming Increase in Use of Lethal Force

    Five Shooting Incidents at Land Dispute Protests in the Past Two Months Show Alarming Increase in Use of Lethal Force

    Cambodia’s land-grabbing crisis has taken a disturbingly violent turn in the last two months, with at least five incidents involving armed forces opening fire during protests. A total of 19residents were injured at the protests, including seven from gunfire. Each of the incidents has been documented in Video footage or photographs, but the perpetrators have to this uniformly escaped punishment, exemplifying Cambodia’s notorious system of impunity.

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  •  Five Shooting Incidents at Land Dispute Protests in the Past Two Months Show Alarming Increase in Use of Lethal Force

    Five Shooting Incidents at Land Dispute Protests in the Past Two Months Show Alarming Increase in Use of Lethal Force

    Cambodia’s land-grabbing crisis has taken a disturbingly violent turn in the last two months, with at least five incidents involving armed forces opening fire during protests. A total of 19residents were injured at the protests, including seven from gunfire. Each of the incidents has been documented in Video footage or photographs, but the perpetrators have to this uniformly escaped punishment, exemplifying Cambodia’s notorious system of impunity.

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  • RGC must respect ECCC Agreement or risk undermining the entire tribunal

    RGC must respect ECCC Agreement or risk undermining the entire tribunal

    Today, 23 January 2012, it was reported in The Cambodia Daily (“Gov’t Mute on Rejection of UN-Appointed Judge”) that the office of United Nations(“UN”) Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has alleged that the Royal Government​of Cambodia has breached the agreement adopted in 2003 between Cambodia and the UN on the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (“ECCC”) by refusing to confirm the appointment reserve Judge Laurent Kasper-Ansermet as International Co-Investigating Judge.

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  • RGC must respect ECCC Agreement or risk undermining the entire tribunal

    RGC must respect ECCC Agreement or risk undermining the entire tribunal

    Today, 23 January 2012, it was reported in The Cambodia Daily (“Gov’t Mute on Rejection of UN-Appointed Judge”) that the office of United Nations(“UN”) Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has alleged that the Royal Government​of Cambodia has breached the agreement adopted in 2003 between Cambodia and the UN on the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (“ECCC”) by refusing to confirm the appointment reserve Judge Laurent Kasper-Ansermet as International Co-Investigating Judge.

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  • RGC must respect ECCC Agreement or risk undermining the entire tribunal

    RGC must respect ECCC Agreement or risk undermining the entire tribunal

    Today, 23 January 2012, it was reported in The Cambodia Daily (“Gov’t Mute on Rejection of UN-Appointed Judge”) that the office of United Nations(“UN”) Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has alleged that the Royal Government​of Cambodia has breached the agreement adopted in 2003 between Cambodia and the UN on the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (“ECCC”) by refusing to confirm the appointment reserve Judge Laurent Kasper-Ansermet as International Co-Investigating Judge.

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