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CCHR applauds the inclusion of gender identity in the UN Draft Resolution on Extrajudicial, Summary and Arbitrary Executions
The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”) commends the Third Committee of the General Assembly of the United Nations (the “Third Committee”), which is responsible for issues related to human rights, for including gender identity – for the first time – as a characteristic in need of protection, in a resolution on extrajudicial, summary and arbitrary executions (the “Resolution”). An amendment to remove sexual orientation and gender identity from the Resolution was introduced by the United Arab Emirates, on behalf of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, but was defeated by a vote of 86 against 44.
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ASEAN Human Rights Declaration: Peoples of ASEAN states must not accept any protection lower than universally accepted human rights standards
Geneva, November 26, 2012 – The World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) regrets that the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration, adopted by the ten member States of the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN)[1] on November 18, falls below international human rights law and gives States a large margin of discretion in the interpretation of the declaration.
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ASEAN Human Rights Declaration: Peoples of ASEAN states must not accept any protection lower than universally accepted human rights standards
Geneva, November 26, 2012 – The World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) regrets that the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration, adopted by the ten member States of the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN)[1] on November 18, falls below international human rights law and gives States a large margin of discretion in the interpretation of the declaration.
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Two Years On From The Koh Pich Tragedy, CCHR Re-Releases Its November 2011 Report As Victims Are Still Denied Answers
On the second anniversary of the Koh Pich Tragedy, when over 350 people died in a deadly crush on the Koh Pich Bridge in Phnom Penh during the 2010 Water Festival, the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”) is re-releasing its November 2011 report (“The Koh Pich Tragedy: One Year On, Questions Remain”) (the “Report”), which explores the events of the night of 22 November 2010.
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Two Years On From The Koh Pich Tragedy, CCHR Re-Releases Its November 2011 Report As Victims Are Still Denied Answers
On the second anniversary of the Koh Pich Tragedy, when over 350 people died in a deadly crush on the Koh Pich Bridge in Phnom Penh during the 2010 Water Festival, the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”) is re-releasing its November 2011 report (“The Koh Pich Tragedy: One Year On, Questions Remain”) (the “Report”), which explores the events of the night of 22 November 2010.
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Two Years On From The Koh Pich Tragedy, CCHR Re-Releases Its November 2011 Report As Victims Are Still Denied Answers
On the second anniversary of the Koh Pich Tragedy, when over 350 people died in a deadly crush on the Koh Pich Bridge in Phnom Penh during the 2010 Water Festival, the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”) is re-releasing its November 2011 report (“The Koh Pich Tragedy: One Year On, Questions Remain”) (the “Report”), which explores the events of the night of 22 November 2010.
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Two Years On From The Koh Pich Tragedy, CCHR Re-Releases Its November 2011 Report As Victims Are Still Denied Answers
On the second anniversary of the Koh Pich Tragedy, when over 350 people died in a deadly crush on the Koh Pich Bridge in Phnom Penh during the 2010 Water Festival, the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”) is re-releasing its November 2011 report (“The Koh Pich Tragedy: One Year On, Questions Remain”) (the “Report”), which explores the events of the night of 22 November 2010.
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ASEAN LGBTIQ Caucus Statement on the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration
This week November 18, 2012 at the ASEAN Summit in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) heads of state adopted the first ever ASEAN Human Rights Declaration (AHRD). To the grave disappointment of representatives of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ) peoples through out the region, the declaration did not include protections for this highly vulnerable group.
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