The timeline below offers a visual representation of some of the key human rights violations and restrictions which have occurred in the Kingdom of Cambodia from 2013-2023, and follows our previous timeline covering 1993-2012 which can still be accessed here. The incidents recorded on the timeline from 2013-2023 represent human rights violations by the Royal Government of Cambodia as well as third parties, cover a wide range of issues including extrajudicial killings, convictions of human rights defenders, land grabs, forced evictions, restrictions of the rights to peaceful assembly, association and expression, torture, arrests, arbitrary detention and legislative and institutional developments relevant to human rights. The information is gathered from the Khmer and English media, CCHR’s own Fundamental Freedoms Monitoring Project, and from the commentary and analysis of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) working on these issues. Each entry is accompanied by a short description and provides links to media articles reporting on the event or to the work of CSOs active in the field. It should not be forgotten that the cases included in the timeline are those that have garnered the attention of the media or CSOs, and are as such particularly emblematic or high-profile. The timeline is therefore only representative of a small fraction of the actual number of human rights violations occurring in Cambodia.
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Civil Society Organizations urge His Majesty the King not to sign the LANGO
Advocacy(Letter)
We, the undersigned civil society organizations, are writing to urge your Majesty not to sign the proposed Law on Associations and Non-Governmental Organizations (“LANGO”), and to call for your urgent intervention as the official guarantor of the constitutional rights and freedoms of all Cambodians, and of the international human rights treaties to which Cambodia is a party.
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Press briefing notes on resignation of Deputy High Commissioner and Cambodia Spokespersons for OHCHR
Advocacy(Briefing Note)
Laws like this, which allow the authorities to de-register associations that they consider not to be “politically neutral” are very detrimental.
OHCHR | Reliefweb | PPP | AKP | OHCHR | Reliefweb | PPP | AKP
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Cambodia: King should reject Law on Associations and Non-Governmental Organizations
Advocacy(Letter)
Amnesty International’s Secretary General, Salil Shetty, has written to His Majesty King Norodom Sihamoni, Cambodia’s monarch, calling on him to reject the draft Law on Associations and Non-Governmental Organizations (LANGO).
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CCHR Requests Senate to Drop LANGO
Advocacy(Letter)
In an open letter sent to Say Chhum, CCHR urges the Senate to reject the consultation on LANGO or Drop the LANGO.
CCHR | VOD | ANADOLU Agency | CCHR | VOD | ANADOLU Agency
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UN Human Rights expert Maina Kiai called for Cambodian Senate to Reject LANGO
Advocacy(Statement)
On 15 July, United Nations Human Rights expert, Maina Kiai, called on the Cambodian Senate to reject the draft Law on Associations and Non-Governmental Organizations (LANGO) that "unequivocally threatens the very existence of a free and independent civil society in Cambodia."
OHCHR | VOD | RFA | VOA | CAMD | OHCHR | VOD | RFA | VOA | CAMD
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The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) released a statement on the adoption of LANGO
Advocacy(Statement)
The adoption of the Law on Associations and Non-Governmental Organizations (LANGO) is a severe attack on Cambodia’s independent civil society, the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, said on 14 July 2015.
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International Commission of Jurists released a press release to condemn on NA adopting LANGO
Advocacy(Press Release)
On 13 July, the ICJ condemned the Cambodian Peoples’ Party (CPP) approval of a law which aims to pose obstacles to and restrictions on the activities of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in order to be officially registered in the country.
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CSOs and NGOs Demonstrated To demand NA to drop LANGO
Advocacy(Protest)
The protestors coming from communities, CSOs, NGOs, and Opposition lawmakers were blocked from entering the NA to protest for dropping LANGO by layers of.
VOD | RFA | VOA | CAMD | PPP | KHT | RFI | VOD | RFA | VOA | CAMD | PPP | KHT | RFI
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