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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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2012 Report on Constituency Dialogues in Cambodia
In Cambodia, the relationship between parliamentarians and their constituents is weak. Citizens rarely enjoy opportunities to express their views or advocate reforms to their elected representatives, and many legislators do not regularly visit their constituencies to report on their activities and programs.
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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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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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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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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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CCHR Highlights the Dangers of Adopting a Flawed ASEAN Human Rights Declaration
Yesterday, 18 November 2012, the ten member states of the Association of South-East Asian Nations (“ASEAN”) signed and adopted the long-awaited ASEAN Human Rights Declaration (the “AHRD”). While a noble ambition, the AHRD contains many flaws that pose a danger to the peoples of ASEAN.
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