• Press Release for TEDx Speakers

    Press Release for TEDx Speakers

    TEDxPhnomPenh, a one-day celebration of ‘ideas worth spreading’, is pleased to announce an all-star line up of speakers for its next event on October 15th, 2011.

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  • Phnom Penh Municipality Must Abide by the Government’s Order to Grand Land to the Remaining Boeung Kak Lake Families

    Phnom Penh Municipality Must Abide by the Government’s Order to Grand Land to the Remaining Boeung Kak Lake Families

    The Housing Rights Task Force (HRTF) strongly condemns Phnom Penh’s wilful misinterpretation of the government plan to resettle nearly 800 families threatened by redevelopment at Boeung Kak Lake. The municipality has arbitrarily excluded of over 10 percent of the threatened families, while simultaneously granting nearly two dozen land titles to CPP senator Lao Meng Kim - owner of lake developer Shukaku - within the dedicated "resettlement zone.

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  • Phnom Penh Municipality Must Abide by the Government’s Order to Grand Land to the Remaining Boeung Kak Lake Families

    Phnom Penh Municipality Must Abide by the Government’s Order to Grand Land to the Remaining Boeung Kak Lake Families

    The Housing Rights Task Force (HRTF) strongly condemns Phnom Penh’s wilful misinterpretation of the government plan to resettle nearly 800 families threatened by redevelopment at Boeung Kak Lake. The municipality has arbitrarily excluded of over 10 percent of the threatened families, while simultaneously granting nearly two dozen land titles to CPP senator Lao Meng Kim - owner of lake developer Shukaku - within the dedicated "resettlement zone.

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  • ​Meetings and Training

    ​Meetings and Training

    Local authorities’ recent attempts to intimidate and harass civil society and derail legitimate training events are a clear violation of domestic and international law – in particular the right to freedom of assembly – confirming that the authorities see themselves as above the law.

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  • Phnom Penh Municipality Must Abide by the Government’s Order to Grand Land to the Remaining Boeung Kak Lake Families

    Phnom Penh Municipality Must Abide by the Government’s Order to Grand Land to the Remaining Boeung Kak Lake Families

    The Housing Rights Task Force (HRTF) strongly condemns Phnom Penh’s wilful misinterpretation of the government plan to resettle nearly 800 families threatened by redevelopment at Boeung Kak Lake. The municipality has arbitrarily excluded of over 10 percent of the threatened families, while simultaneously granting nearly two dozen land titles to CPP senator Lao Meng Kim - owner of lake developer Shukaku - within the dedicated "resettlement zone.

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  • Phnom Penh Municipality Must Abide by the Government’s Order to Grand Land to the Remaining Boeung Kak Lake Families

    Phnom Penh Municipality Must Abide by the Government’s Order to Grand Land to the Remaining Boeung Kak Lake Families

    The Housing Rights Task Force (HRTF) strongly condemns Phnom Penh’s wilful misinterpretation of the government plan to resettle nearly 800 families threatened by redevelopment at Boeung Kak Lake. The municipality has arbitrarily excluded of over 10 percent of the threatened families, while simultaneously granting nearly two dozen land titles to CPP senator Lao Meng Kim - owner of lake developer Shukaku - within the dedicated "resettlement zone.

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  • CCHR Releases Report Examining Electoral Processes and Democratic Practices in Cambodia

    CCHR Releases Report Examining Electoral Processes and Democratic Practices in Cambodia

    On this international day of democracy, the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR), a non-­‐ aligned, independent, non-­‐governmental organization that works to promote and protect democracy and respect for human rights throughout Cambodia, releases a report titled “Strengthening Electoral Processes and Democratic Practices in Cambodia: A Report on Forum on Elections and Democratic Space” (the “Report”).

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  • CCHR Releases Report Examining Electoral Processes and Democratic Practices in Cambodia

    CCHR Releases Report Examining Electoral Processes and Democratic Practices in Cambodia

    On this international day of democracy, the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR), a non-­‐ aligned, independent, non-­‐governmental organization that works to promote and protect democracy and respect for human rights throughout Cambodia, releases a report titled “Strengthening Electoral Processes and Democratic Practices in Cambodia: A Report on Forum on Elections and Democratic Space” (the “Report”).

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  • CCHR Releases Report Examining Electoral Processes and Democratic Practices in Cambodia

    CCHR Releases Report Examining Electoral Processes and Democratic Practices in Cambodia

    On this international day of democracy, the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR), a non-­‐ aligned, independent, non-­‐governmental organization that works to promote and protect democracy and respect for human rights throughout Cambodia, releases a report titled “Strengthening Electoral Processes and Democratic Practices in Cambodia: A Report on Forum on Elections and Democratic Space” (the “Report”).

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  • CCHR Releases Report Examining Electoral Processes and Democratic Practices in Cambodia

    CCHR Releases Report Examining Electoral Processes and Democratic Practices in Cambodia

    On this international day of democracy, the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR), a non-­‐ aligned, independent, non-­‐governmental organization that works to promote and protect democracy and respect for human rights throughout Cambodia, releases a report titled “Strengthening Electoral Processes and Democratic Practices in Cambodia: A Report on Forum on Elections and Democratic Space” (the “Report”).

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  • Report on Forum on Elections and Democratic Space

    Report on Forum on Elections and Democratic Space

    The Report is an output of the Forums on Elections and Democratic Space project (the “Project”) implemented by CCHR and supported by UNDP as part of its Strengthening Democracy and Electoral Processes Project. It presents information obtained through consultation with key stakeholders, data collected from four Forums on Elections and Democratic Space (the “Forums”) conducted in Battambang, Ratanakiri, Takeo and Phnom Penh between 21 October and 2 December 2010, and comments from stakeholders during a closing workshop in Phnom Penh on 8 December 2010, where data and information from the Project was presented (the “Closing Workshop”). The Report was written with the aim of providing the RGC, the MoI and other relevant stakeholders with an overview of key issues that were raised during the Forums and seeks to offer solutions for improvements in the identified areas.

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  • District and provincial authorities are not above the law

    District and provincial authorities are not above the law

    CCHR, LICADHO and CLEC condemn efforts on the part of Kampong Thom province and Sandan district officials to impose conditions on human rights activities above and beyond that provided for in law. Such conditions have no basis in law and any attempts to impose such conditions are in flagrant disregard of the human rights of the people of Kampong Thom province as well as others who travel to that province to participate in activities in the promotion and protection of human rights.

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