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UNDP’s Division Chief Selva Ramachandran’s remarks at Cambodia’s Rio+20 national dialogue
Remarks by Selva Ramachandran UNDP’s North East Asia Division Chief at Cambodia’s Rio+20 National Dialogue "Towards United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development" 27-28 March 2012 Your Excellency Dr. Mok Mareth, Senior Minister and Minister of Environment Excellencies, Development Partners, Honourable guests, Ladies and Gentlemen On behalf of United Nations Development Program (UNDP), I am honored to have been asked to provide welcome remarks at this National Dialogue on Rio+20 on Sustainable Development, which has been prepared and organized by the Ministry of Environment, with the assistance of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) and UNDP. Today’s dialogue represents the Royal Government of Cambodia’s high political commitment to sustainable development and to securing the goals of the Rio+20 Summit , of which themes are the Green Economy in the context of Sustainable Development and Poverty Eradication and the Institutional Framework for Sustainable Development (IFSD).
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Looking Back and Ways Forward
The purpose of this publication is to serve as a baseline study of human rights situations in South Asia in relation to the functions of SAARC as a regional grouping. We hope this publication and the subsequent monitoring reports will help track the development of the role of SAARC in the promotion and protection of human rights in the coming years and generate wider interest and discussion in following this development.
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CCHR announces the launch of the Cambodian Land Law Reform Project
The Cambodian Centre for Human Rights (“CCHR”) a non-aligned, independent, non-governmental organization that works to promote and protect democracy and respect for human rights in Cambodia, is delighted to announce the launch of a new project known as the Cambodian Land Law Reform Project (the “Land Project”).The Land Project, which is funded by the European Union, aims to facilitate reform of the existing legal, institutional and policy framework governing land security and tenure in Cambodia.
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CCHR announces the launch of the Cambodian Land Law Reform Project
The Cambodian Centre for Human Rights (“CCHR”) a non-aligned, independent, non-governmental organization that works to promote and protect democracy and respect for human rights in Cambodia, is delighted to announce the launch of a new project known as the Cambodian Land Law Reform Project (the “Land Project”).The Land Project, which is funded by the European Union, aims to facilitate reform of the existing legal, institutional and policy framework governing land security and tenure in Cambodia.
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CCHR announces the launch of the Cambodian Land Law Reform Project
The Cambodian Centre for Human Rights (“CCHR”) a non-aligned, independent, non-governmental organization that works to promote and protect democracy and respect for human rights in Cambodia, is delighted to announce the launch of a new project known as the Cambodian Land Law Reform Project (the “Land Project”).The Land Project, which is funded by the European Union, aims to facilitate reform of the existing legal, institutional and policy framework governing land security and tenure in Cambodia.
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CCHR announces the launch of the Cambodian Land Law Reform Project
The Cambodian Centre for Human Rights (“CCHR”) a non-aligned, independent, non-governmental organization that works to promote and protect democracy and respect for human rights in Cambodia, is delighted to announce the launch of a new project known as the Cambodian Land Law Reform Project (the “Land Project”).The Land Project, which is funded by the European Union, aims to facilitate reform of the existing legal, institutional and policy framework governing land security and tenure in Cambodia.
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Case Study Series Impunity in Banteay Meanchey
This case – whereby someone faces the full force of the law for doing his job and defending the rights of a young woman who is allegedly the victim of sexual harassment – shows that the judicial system of the Kingdom of Cambodia (“Cambodia”) is being abused, serving only to protect the interests of the powerful and well‐connected rather than to provide justice and remedies to those in need. The Cambodian judicial system is currently not fit for purpose.
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Impunity in Banteay Meanchey
This case - whereby someone faces the full force of the law for doing his job and defending the rights of a young woman who is allegedly the victim of sexual harassment - shows that the judicial system of the Kingdom of Cambodia ("Cambodia") is being abused, serving only to protect the interests of the powerful and well-connected rather than to provide justice and remedies to those in need. The Cambodian judicial system is currently not fit for purpose.
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UN Must Reconsider Commitment to Khmer Rouge Court
NEW YORK—The Open Society Justice Initiative is calling upon the United Nations to reconsider its commitment to the Khmer Rouge tribunal, following the recent resignation of International Co-Investigating Judge, Laurent Kasper-Ansermet. Judge Kasper-Ansermet is the second international judge to resign from the court in six months, due to apparent Cambodian government interference in the progress of investigations into five individuals alleged to have played significant roles in the commission of Khmer Rouge atrocities. The allegations against the five individually link them to the deaths of tens of thousands of people during the reign of the Khmer Rouge regime.
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Transforming ASEAN into a People‐Centered Community” Cambodian Civil Society Reaffirms its Commitment to Organize of ACSC/APF 2012 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia
As Cambodia takes the chairship of ASEAN in 2012, civil society in the country reaffirms its commitment to organize an ASEAN Civil Society Conference (ACSC)/ ASEAN Peoples’ Forum (APF) on March 29‐31, 2012 in Phnom Penh ahead of the 20th ASEAN Summit that will take place on April 3‐4, 2012. The National Organizing Committee of ACSC/APF has followed the legal procedure of Cambodia so that the event will go ahead as planned.
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UN Must Reconsider Commitment to Khmer Rouge Court
NEW YORK—The Open Society Justice Initiative is calling upon the United Nations to reconsider its commitment to the Khmer Rouge tribunal, following the recent resignation of International Co-Investigating Judge, Laurent Kasper-Ansermet. Judge Kasper-Ansermet is the second international judge to resign from the court in six months, due to apparent Cambodian government interference in the progress of investigations into five individuals alleged to have played significant roles in the commission of Khmer Rouge atrocities. The allegations against the five individually link them to the deaths of tens of thousands of people during the reign of the Khmer Rouge regime.
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UN Must Reconsider Commitment to Khmer Rouge Court
NEW YORK—The Open Society Justice Initiative is calling upon the United Nations to reconsider its commitment to the Khmer Rouge tribunal, following the recent resignation of International Co-Investigating Judge, Laurent Kasper-Ansermet. Judge Kasper-Ansermet is the second international judge to resign from the court in six months, due to apparent Cambodian government interference in the progress of investigations into five individuals alleged to have played significant roles in the commission of Khmer Rouge atrocities. The allegations against the five individually link them to the deaths of tens of thousands of people during the reign of the Khmer Rouge regime.
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