Publication : Press Release

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.The Cambodian Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity / Expression (SOGIE) Timeline charts the enormous progress made by Cambodia’s LGBTI rights movement from 1994 through to the present day, by highlighting statements of political support, government actions and legislative changes which have impacted the lives of LGBTI Cambodians. In recent months and years, public and political support for LGBTI equality has gathered significant momentum. As more and more people begin to understand SOGIE issues, Cambodia’s LGBTI community is growing in confidence and moving closer to true equality. Today, we celebrate Cambodia’s LGBTI community and recall that all human beings are born free and equal, and have a fundamental human right to be free from discrimination of all kinds. The Cambodian SOGIE Timeline is now online in Khmer and English.

Information Source : 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