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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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Women on the Frontline: The Situation of Woman Human Rights Defenders in Cambodia in 2015
Publication Year: 2015 / Sources: Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR)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 political climate in the Kingdom of Cambodia. In this context, the activists and community leaders standing up for the rights of their fellow citizens are especially at risk of judicial harassment.
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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.