Cambodia Campaigns
Oral Statement on Cambodia at the UN Human Rights Council 25 September 2012
25/09/2012
Lawyers Rights Watch Canada and Asian Legal Resource Centre made a joint statement at the UN Human Rights Council on 25 September on the report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia. Mentioned in the statement are human rights defenders Mr. Chan Soveth, Ms. Yorm … [Read more...]
Cambodia: Summons to appear in court issued against Mr. Chan Soveth, Human Rights Defender
19/08/2012
LRWC is increasingly alarmed by an escalating pattern of threats and judicial harassment of human rights defenders protesting violations of land rights in Cambodia. The most recent incident is a report that a summons to court has been sent to a human rights defender, Mr. Chan Soveth, a Senior … [Read more...]
Cambodia: Detention of Mam Sonando, independent broadcaster and President of the Democrats Association
03/08/2012
Centre for Law and Democracy, along with Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada and the International Federation of Journalists – Asia Pacific, have sent an open letter to Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen to protest the detention of Mam Sonando, an independent broadcaster and prominent critic of Cambodia’s … [Read more...]
Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand: Business enterprises and attacks on human rights defenders and protestors | Oral Statement, UN Human Rights Council
20/06/2012
Full PDF Version 21 June 2012 Item 3: Interactive Dialogue with the Working Group on the Issue of Human Rights and Transnational Corporations and Other Business Enterprises Oral Statement to the 20th Session of the UN Human Rights Council from Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC), a … [Read more...]
Cambodia: Escalation of Serious Human Rights Violations by Government Authorities | Letter
30/05/2012
H.E. Hun Sen Prime Minister Office of the Prime Minister Phnom Penh,Kingdom of Cambodia Fax: +855 23 36 06 66 / 855 23 88 06 24 (c/o Council of Ministers) Email: leewood_phu@nida.gov.kh H.E. Sok An Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman, Council for Legal and Judicial Reform Council of … [Read more...]
Cambodia: Revise or Abandon Draft NGO Law | Joint Press Release
22/12/2011
full statement PDF Joint Statement by Human Rights Watch, Global Witness, Freedom House, Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), Article 19, Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA), Civil Rights Defenders, Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada, Centre for Law and Democracy, … [Read more...]
Cambodia: Fourth Draft Law on Associations and NGOs | Joint Letter by LRWC and CLD
21/12/2011
View PDF: Cambodia: Fourth Draft Law on Associations and Non-Governmental Organizations by LRWC and CLD 21 December 2011 H.E. Hun Sen Prime Minister Office of the Prime Minister Phnom Penh, Kingdom of Cambodia Fax: +855 23 36 06 66 / 855 23 88 06 24 (c/o Council of Ministers) Email: … [Read more...]
Cambodia: Fourth draft Law on Associations and NGOs
17/11/2011
Re: Fourth draft Law on Associations and Non-Governmental Organizations To: Prime Minister Hun Sen, et al From: Toby Mendel, Centre for Law and Democracy and Gail Davidson, LRWC Date: 2011-11-17 We are writing on behalf of Lawyers Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) and the Centre for Law and … [Read more...]
Cambodia: Human Rights Report – October 2011
28/10/2011
View PDF Cambodia: Human Rights Report - October 2011 by LRWC LRWC monitor and researcher, Catherine Morris(1), visited Cambodia during the month of October to discuss with human rights workers the priority concerns for protection of human rights defenders there. The main concerns are curbs … [Read more...]
Cambodia: LRWC and CLD criticize draft NGO law | Letter
12/09/2011
Cambodia: LRWC and CLD criticize draft NGO law: Full PDF version 12 September 2011 H.E. Hun Sen Prime Minister Office of the Prime Minister Phnom Penh, Kingdom of Cambodia Fax: +855 23 36 06 66 / 855 23 88 06 24 (c/o Council of Ministers) Email: leewood_phu@nida.gov.kh H.E. Sok … [Read more...]
