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Cambodian civil society organisations to focus on land rights to strengthen local communities’ ability to secure land threatened by commercial exploitation and infrastructure projects.
Despite some progress with land reform in Cambodia in the last 10 years, insecurity of land tenure remains widespread. Hardly a day goes by without the media reporting on land disputes and loss of livelihoods as people are forcibly displaced to make way for logging, industrial-scale farming, resource extraction and infrastructure projects. “This is one of Cambodia’s most persistent human rights and development challenges,” said Chak Sopheap, Executive Director of the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR), adding that “land tenure security is the key to lifting millions out of poverty and food insecurity.”
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Civil society condemn the arrest of CNRP lawmaker Um Sam An
We, the undersigned civil society organizations, unreservedly condemn the arrest of Um Sam An, a Cambodian National Rescue Party (“CNRP”) member of the National Assembly, in the early hours of 11 April 2016 in Siem Reap province. Not only does the arrest plainly undermine the constitutional guarantee of immunity for members of the National Assembly, but it also signifies the shrinking democratic space and intolerance of political pluralism in Cambodia.
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Joint Statement of Civil Society Organizations Involved in Promoting Women’s Rights in Cambodia on the Case of “Ms. Khom Chandaraty” aka “Srey Mom”
We, members of CSOs involved in promoting women’s rights in Cambodia as named below, are very concerned on persistent occurrence of gender-based violence including the recent case of “Ms. Khom Chandaraty” aka “Srey Mom”, which social media and some local media have broadcasting her private life in great length. Currently, Srey Mom is summoned by the Phnom Penh Court on two separate criminal charges: False Testimony and on Prostitution on March 18, 2016.
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Statement by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia Professor Rhona Smith
It is an honour and a pleasure for me to have undertaken my second mission to the Kingdom of Cambodia following my appointment by the United Nations Human Rights Council in March 2015 as the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia. At the outset, I wish to thank the Royal Government of Cambodia for their invitation and cooperation extended before and during the mission.
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Investigation Report Impact of the Development Project Benh Hoeurk Kratie Rubber I Company Limited Chork Char Village, Sre Chhouk Commune, Keo Seima District, Mondulkiri Province
Residents of Chork Cha village, cosisting of 180 families with 869 people (408 female), are Bunong indigenou people who have common ethnic, social, cultural, and economic unity. They practice thei customaruy lifestyle and cultivation of their land, which they have occupied with a tradition of collective land use. This community is in the process of registering their indigenous, collective land, and are now completing the second stage, in which the community has been recognized by the Ministry of Interior.
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CCHR to launch its Human Rights Education Platform: Land Rights
The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”) is delighted to announce that it will launch its Human Rights Education Platform: Land Rights at Development Innovations office, #296, St. 271, Sangkat Toul Tompong II, Khan Chamkarmon, Phnom Penh, at 9am on Thursday 17 March 2016. The launch will be conducted in Khmer.
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CSOs welcome the release of Ven Vorn, but condemn his conviction
While we, the undersigned civil society organizations (“CSOs”), welcome the decision made yesterday - 03 March 2016 - by the Koh Kong Provincial Court to suspend the sentence of indigenous community leader and environmental activist Mr. Ven Vorn, we strongly condemn the decision of the judges to convict him, despite the charge against him being completely unreasonable, as detailed in a Legal Analysis by the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”).
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On the occasion of Zero Discrimination Day, CCHR publishes a timeline of Cambodian LGBTI history and calls on the Royal Government of Cambodia to introduce Anti-Discrimination Legislation
Today - on the occasion of Zero Discrimination Day 2016 - the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”) publishes an interactive timeline detailing some of the major events in the development of Cambodia’s LGBTI rights movement, and calls upon the RGC to introduce legislative protection for LGBTI people as a matter of priority.
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Boycott of Capitol Tours following brutal suppression of trade union activity grows as 50 civil society groups declare support
In response to the brutal attack on protesting workers on 06 February 2016, we, the undersigned trade unions, community representatives and civil society organizations (“CSOs”), declare our strong support for the ongoing boycott of Capitol Co. Ltd, also known as Capitol Tours, and call upon the general public to join the boycott in solidarity with the wrongfully dismissed Capitol employees, and the wider Cambodian trade union movement. Capitol Tours has relentlessly violated the labor rights and fundamental freedoms of its employees and we wish to unreservedly condemn the company’s actions.
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CSOs declare support for Mother Nature and condemn crackdown against the organization
In response to the latest unjust charges brought against three further members of the environmental non-governmental organization (“NGO”) Mother Nature, we, the undersigned civil society organizations (“CSOs”), declare our support for Mother Nature, and condemn the Royal Government of Cambodia (“RGC”)’s crackdown on the organization and Cambodian civil society in general.
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CCHR Publishes Report Entitled “Access to Collective Land Titles for Indigenous Communities in Cambodia” and Calls for the Protection of Indigenous Land Rights
The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”) has today – 11 February 2016 – published a report entitled, “Access to Collective Land Titles for Indigenous Communities in Cambodia” (the “Report”). The Report is available for download from CCHR’s website in English and Khmer. The Report is the outcome of research conducted by CCHR’s Land Reform Project on the experiences of indigenous communities and their engagement with the process to obtain collective land titles (“CLTs”) in an attempt to formally protect their traditional lands.
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Access to Collective Land Titles for Indigenous Communities in Cambodia
This Report examines the obstacles to registration of collective land for indigenous communities in Cambodia, based on data collected by the Project. It aims to highlight reasons for shortcomings in the implementation of land registration for indigenous communities, and identifies recommendations for all stakeholders that will promote better implementation, with a view to increased protection of indigenous land rights in Cambodia.
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