This report focuses on the 267 residential care institutions that meet the standard definition of a residential care institution as described in Annex 1. Briefly, residential care is a group living arrangement for children who have been abandoned or cannot…
Investigation Report on Impacts of the Developmemnt Project of Benh Hoeurk Kratie Rubber 1 Company Limited in Sre Chhouk commune, Keo Seima district, Mondulkiri province
According to investigation results, there are 05 main issues, i.e., indigenous residents’ tenure rights to their shifting plantations, effects on legal land rights of individuals or a legal entity, the process of granting the economic land concession, destruction of resin trees and…
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Report of the Evaluation on The Public Financial Management System of Cambodia 2015
This Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability (PEFA) performance assessment – conducted in 2015 – is the second such assessment in Cambodia. The main objectives of the current assessment are to provide a basis for formulating the next action plan for…
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Public Statement on Improving Libraries in Primary Schools to Increase Reading Habits of Cambodian Children
Coinciding with Cambodia celebrating National Reading Day 2016 to promote the habit of reading nationally, World Vision has released a brief study on the Current Situation & Use of Primary School Libraries: A snapshot across 5 provinces of Cambodia. The…
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World Report 2016 – Cambodia
World Report 2016 summarizes key human rights issues in more than 90 countries and territories worldwide. It reflects investigative work that Human Rights Watch staff undertook in 2015, usually in close partnership with human rights activists in the country in…
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Access to Collective Land Titles for Indigenous Communities in Cambodia
In Cambodia, the systematic violation of land rights is one of the most prevalent human rights violations today. The indigenous population in particular is losing their land at an alarming rate due to large-scale logging of forests, resource extraction, infrastructure projects such…
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The Need for a Good Whistleblower Protection Law In Cambodia
Whistleblowers play a crucial role in the fight against corruption. In order to encourage them to speak up, legal protection is essential. However, the Cambodian Law on Anti-Corruption as it stands might have a deterrent effect on speaking up, as proper protection for whistleblowers that report in…
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Integrity Principles and Guidelines
These principles and guidelines are intended to be used as guidance in the conduct of investigations in conjunction with the policies, rules, regulations, and privileges and immunities applicable in the Organization.
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Taking to the Streets: Freedom of Peaceful Assembly in Cambodia
The report reveals a pattern of violations: the imposition of arbitrary restrictions on freedom of peaceful assembly; the unnecessary and excessive use of force by security forces policing assemblies; a culture of impunity surrounding human rights violations committed in the…
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Women on the Frontline: The Situation of Woman Human Rights Defenders in Cambodia in 2015
As the upcoming national elections – in 2017 and 2018 respectively – draw closer, widespread violations of human rights, a rapidly shrinking democratic space, and a systematic clampdown on dissent by the Royal Government of Cambodia are characterizing the current…
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