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Land and Housing Rights in Cambodia Parallel Report 2009
The Land and Housing Working Group( hereafter "the Working Group") comprised of Cambodia and international human rights organizations working in Cambodia which includes- Borderlands Cooperative, Bridges Across Borders Southeast Asia (BABSEA), Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense Legal Education Center (CLEC),...
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LICADHO Adequate Compensation & Humanitarian Action Needed
LICADHO is deeply concerned that 7NG continues to refuse to provide cash compensation to an estimated 144 evicted house owners, insisting that instead it will only provide some (and not all) of them with apartments at the Damnak Trayeoung relocation site outside of Phnom Penh city.
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Dey Krahorm Eviction: Adequate Compensation & Humanitarian Action Needed
LICADHO once more calls upon the government and the 7NG company to urgently ensure adequate compensation for all the families who were brutally evicted from Dey Krahorm on January 24. LICADHO is deeply concerned that 7NG continues to refuse to provide cash compensation to an estimated 144 evicted house owners, insisting that instead it will only provide some (and not all) of them with apartments at the Damnak Trayeoung relocation site outside of Phnom Pench city.
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OHCHR Expresses Consternation at Violent Eviction
After nearly a month of protracted negotiations between the residents, the 7NG Construction company and the Municipality, aimed at finding a mutually agreeable settlement of compensation claims, the company unilaterally withdrew from the discussion and the suspended eviction order was implemented by law-enforcement agencies. The eviction was carried out in the middle of the night, with bulldozers, tear gas, rubber bullets, batons, and workers equipped with sticks and axes contracted to demolish the house.
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Civil Society Groups Strongly Condemn Illegal Eviction of Dey Krahorm
condemn the forced eviction of Dey Krahorm residents which began at 6 a.m. on Saturday 24 January, 2009. This was carried out by over 300 police officers and up to 500 breakers hired by the private company 7NG
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Civil Society Groups Strongly Condemn Illegal Eviction of Dey Krahorm
Phnom Penh, CAMBODIA ‐ We strongly condemn the forced eviction of DeyKrahorm residents which began at 6 a.m. on Saturday 24 January, 2009.This was carried out by over 300 police officers and up to 500 breakers hired by the private company 7NG. It is yet another example of the violent evictions taking place across Cambodia which are in danger of destabilizing the country.
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Opening Remarks by Christophe Peschoux, OHCHR Cambodia Representative, at Workshop on OPCAT
In 2006, the Royal Government reaffirmed its commitment to preventing torture by ratifying the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture, known as OPCAT. Cambodia can be proud to be one of the first countries in this region to ratify the Protocol and it is still the only ASEAN country to have done so.
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Rights Abuses of Ethnic Khmer in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta
This report documents ongoing violations of the rights of the Khmer Krom in southern Vietnam and also abuses in Cambodia against Khmer Krom who have fled there for refuge. Wary about possible Khmer Krom nationalist aspirations, Vietnam has suppressed peaceful expressions of dissent and banned Khmer Krom human rights publications. It also tightly controls the Theravada Buddhism practiced by the Khmer Krom, who see this form of Buddhism as the foundation of their distinct culture and ethnic identity.
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Access to Information in Southeast Asia and Cambodia
As Cambodia approaches nearly two decades as a post conflict society, establishing somesemblance of transparency, both in the public sector and the burgeoning private sector,remains a daunting, if not overwhelming task. Governmental bodies and the judicial/legal sector are still rife with corruption, nepotism, and cronyism. Political control and patronage networks also dominate these institutions, and their decision making and policy making processes are often shrouded in secrecy. A recent study by the Berlin-based Transparency International rated Cambodia the 14th most corrupt country in the world, five positions worse than its 2007 rating. According to the TI ratings, Cambodia is now in the unenviable position of being the most corrupt country in Asia after Myanmar.
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Human Rights Situation Report 2008
Military officials were increasingly involved in land conflicts with a threefold increase in the numbers of cases that featured members of the armed forces as parties to disputes (125 cases in 2008 compared to 40 in 2007).
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