• Cambodia: Pillay welcomes start of second Khmer Rouge trial, calls for vigilance to ensure victims’ rights respected

    Cambodia: Pillay welcomes start of second Khmer Rouge trial, calls for vigilance to ensure victims’ rights respected

    GENEVA – (21 November 2011) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Chief Navi Pillay on Monday welcomed the opening of a landmark trial of three top Khmer Rouge leaders in the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC), on charges including genocide, crimes against humanity and torture, but stressed the need for vigilance to ensure the rights of victims in cases before the tribunal are respected.

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  • UN Special Rapporteur on Cambodia urges authorities to stop the current draft NGO law

    UN Special Rapporteur on Cambodia urges authorities to stop the current draft NGO law

    GENEVA – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia, Surya P. Subedi, urged the Cambodian authorities to carefully review the current draft Law on Associations and Non-Governmental Organisations, expressing concern that “it may hamper the legitimate work of NGOs in the country.

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  • Community Forum on Human Rights and Water Resources in Battambang province

    Community Forum on Human Rights and Water Resources in Battambang province

    On 23 November 2011, a land community in Chak Touch-Chak Thom village, Kakoh commune, Moung Russei district will host a community forum on Human Rights and Water Resources starting at 7.30am. The forum, which will be held in Chak Touch-Chak Thom village, will include around 200 participants who will be given the platform to raise issues and ask questions to the invited guest speakers who will include members of the local authorities and individuals from the Battambang Water Resource and Meteorology Department, the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Battambang office and non-governmental organizations.

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  • UN Special Rapporteur on Cambodia urges authorities to stop the current draft NGO law

    UN Special Rapporteur on Cambodia urges authorities to stop the current draft NGO law

    GENEVA – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia, Surya P. Subedi, urged the Cambodian authorities to carefully review the current draft Law on Associations and Non-Governmental Organisations, expressing concern that “it may hamper the legitimate work of NGOs in the country.

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  • Cambodia: Pillay welcomes start of second Khmer Rouge trial, calls for vigilance to ensure victims’ rights respected

    Cambodia: Pillay welcomes start of second Khmer Rouge trial, calls for vigilance to ensure victims’ rights respected

    GENEVA – (21 November 2011) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Chief Navi Pillay on Monday welcomed the opening of a landmark trial of three top Khmer Rouge leaders in the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC), on charges including genocide, crimes against humanity and torture, but stressed the need for vigilance to ensure the rights of victims in cases before the tribunal are respected.

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  • UN Special Rapporteur on Cambodia urges authorities to stop the current draft NGO law

    UN Special Rapporteur on Cambodia urges authorities to stop the current draft NGO law

    GENEVA – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia, Surya P. Subedi, urged the Cambodian authorities to carefully review the current draft Law on Associations and Non-Governmental Organisations, expressing concern that “it may hamper the legitimate work of NGOs in the country.

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  • Community Forum on Human Rights and Water Resources in Battambang province

    Community Forum on Human Rights and Water Resources in Battambang province

    On 23 November 2011, a land community in Chak Touch-Chak Thom village, Kakoh commune, Moung Russei district will host a community forum on Human Rights and Water Resources starting at 7.30am. The forum, which will be held in Chak Touch-Chak Thom village, will include around 200 participants who will be given the platform to raise issues and ask questions to the invited guest speakers who will include members of the local authorities and individuals from the Battambang Water Resource and Meteorology Department, the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Battambang office and non-governmental organizations.

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  • UN Special Rapporteur on Cambodia urges authorities to stop the current draft NGO law

    UN Special Rapporteur on Cambodia urges authorities to stop the current draft NGO law

    GENEVA – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia, Surya P. Subedi, urged the Cambodian authorities to carefully review the current draft Law on Associations and Non-Governmental Organisations, expressing concern that “it may hamper the legitimate work of NGOs in the country.

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  • Cambodia: Pillay welcomes start of second Khmer Rouge trial, calls for vigilance to ensure victims’ rights respected

    Cambodia: Pillay welcomes start of second Khmer Rouge trial, calls for vigilance to ensure victims’ rights respected

    GENEVA – (21 November 2011) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Chief Navi Pillay on Monday welcomed the opening of a landmark trial of three top Khmer Rouge leaders in the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC), on charges including genocide, crimes against humanity and torture, but stressed the need for vigilance to ensure the rights of victims in cases before the tribunal are respected.

    Read More
  • Community Forum on Human Rights and Water Resources in Battambang province

    Community Forum on Human Rights and Water Resources in Battambang province

    On 23 November 2011, a land community in Chak Touch-Chak Thom village, Kakoh commune, Moung Russei district will host a community forum on Human Rights and Water Resources starting at 7.30am. The forum, which will be held in Chak Touch-Chak Thom village, will include around 200 participants who will be given the platform to raise issues and ask questions to the invited guest speakers who will include members of the local authorities and individuals from the Battambang Water Resource and Meteorology Department, the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Battambang office and non-governmental organizations.

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  • Community Forum on Human Rights and Water Resources in Battambang province

    Community Forum on Human Rights and Water Resources in Battambang province

    On 23 November 2011, a land community in Chak Touch-Chak Thom village, Kakoh commune, Moung Russei district will host a community forum on Human Rights and Water Resources starting at 7.30am. The forum, which will be held in Chak Touch-Chak Thom village, will include around 200 participants who will be given the platform to raise issues and ask questions to the invited guest speakers who will include members of the local authorities and individuals from the Battambang Water Resource and Meteorology Department, the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Battambang office and non-governmental organizations.

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  • The start of trial of senior Khmer Rouge leaders is a day for victims of that regime, young and old

    The start of trial of senior Khmer Rouge leaders is a day for victims of that regime, young and old

    Monday, 21 November 2011 will be a historic day for Cambodia, with the start of Case 002 at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC), the trial of Nuon Chea, Ieng Sary and Khieu Samphan.

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