30 Years of Hun Sen: Violence, Repression, and Corruption in Cambodia
Publication Year: 2015 / Sources: Human Rights WatchThis report describes the human rights record of Hun Sen since his time as a Khmer Rouge commander during the 1970s. It is based on materials in Khmer, English, Vietnamese, and Chinese. These include official and other Cambodian documents; interviews with Cambodian officials and other Cambodians by Human Rights Watch, other NGOs, journalists, and academics, and United Nations records, foreign government reports, and Cambodian court proceedings.
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Inclusion of Women’s Safety in Sangkat Development Plan
Publication Year: 2015 / Sources: ActionAidCambodia has faced deep economic, political, social and cultural transformations over the past decades, which have brought significant changes to the lives of women. Globalization and urbanization have also brought a huge impact to the Cambodian society. Urbanization has resulted in the increase of violence and this has become one of the central problems in cities, particularly in the capital city Phnom Penh.
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Orientation Packet for Refugees
Publication Year: -- / Sources: Jesuit Refugee ServiceRefugees are under the Immigration Department in the Ministry of the Interior, The Department of the Refugees is the focal point of the Immigration Department. Cambodia has signed the refugee Convention and Protocol in 1992. UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) has a small office in Cambodia and it monitors the Refugee Convention and works to help the Refugee Office.
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Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Camboida
Publication Year: 2014 / Sources: Jesuit Refugee ServiceCambodia has signed the Refugee Convention Since 2009 the Cambodian Government has been making refugee status determinations for asylum seekers in Cambodia. Cambodia’s refugee status determination process is set out in Cambodian law and largely reflects the Refugee Convention.
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Persecuting “Evil Way”: Religion Abuses against Montagnards in Vietnam
Publication Year: 2015 / Sources: Human Rights WatchLegal mechanisms for Vietnamese government control over religion were increased in January 2013 when the government promulgated Decree 92, which prohibits “manipulation of freedom of belief and religion” to “conduct propaganda against the state” or “undermine … national unity.” This persecution is driving Christians from Montagnard ethnic minorities to seek asylum in neighboring Cambodia and in Thailand. Vietnamese authorities have responded by preventing people from leaving Vietnam and pressuring Cambodian authorities to prevent
border crossings and deny those who do cross the right to seek asylum.
A Boat without Anchors
Publication Year: 2012 / Sources: Jesuit Refugee ServiceEthnic Vietnamese groups have lived in Cambodia throughout contemporary history. Nowadays, they are one of the largest, if not the largest, minority group in Cambodia. Despite this, the ethnic Vietnamese population in Cambodia remains understudied, with little public information available about the minority group. This paper attempts to rectify this gap in the available research by assessing a significant issue faced by large parts of the group today: their claims to Cambodian citizenship.
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Perspectives Asia: The Gender Issue
Publication Year: 2015 / Sources: Heinrich Böll FoundationIn this edition of Perspectives Asia, the authors highlight certain aspects of gender relations and offer some very personal insights into the situations of women and men in Asia. It also emphasizes how past human rights violation in Cambodia may impact the following generation.
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2015: The Year in Assembly and Association Rights
Publication Year: 2016 / Sources: United Nations Special Rapporteur, Maina KiaiThe Special Rapporteur traveled to Cambodia on an academic visit Nov. 7-9, 2015, his second such visit to the country since 2014. The government has imposed severe restrictions on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association since disputed elections in 2013. Kiai has twice requested that the Government of Cambodia invite him for an official visit, but has yet to receive a positive response.
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Living on the Margins: On the Status and Standing of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples in Cambodia
Publication Year: 2015 / Sources: Heinrich Böll FoundationCambodia’s current population amounts to 15, 135,169 with about 90% of Khmer origin. While it is often presented as one of the region’s most homogeneous country it is, however, home to a multitude of minority groups and Indigenous Peoples. Significantly, there is no agreement on an internationally, legally binding definition for the term “minority”.
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Waiting for Promises?
Publication Year: -- / Sources: Equal AccsessIt’s a picture book about the villagers who are waiting for help from their representatives. They were promised during the election campaign that an irrigation canal would be built if their representatives won the election. But the rice is starting to die because their isn’t any water for the fields. What should the villagers do?
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