Informes

Robert Carmichael PHNOM PENH— Cambodia has agreed to take more refugees from an Australian detention center on the island of Nauru, giving a boost to a $40 million resettlement deal that so far has been widely seen as…

By Prak Chan Thul and Lincoln Feast PHNOM PENH/SYDNEY, Aug 31 (Reuters) - Cambodia said on Monday it did not intend to accept any more refugees from a South Pacific detention centre under an agreement with Australia,…

Cambodia is considered one of the world’s most vulnerable countries to natural disasters. Over the last few years, floods and droughts have affected thousands of Cambodians, particularly small-scale farmers, rural women, and vulnerable groups such as…

Spokespersons for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Rupert Colville / Ravina Shamdasani Location: Geneva Date: 24 July 2015 (1) Resignation of Deputy High Commissioner I would just like to set the record straight about the resignation of the…

24 July 2015 – A draft law adopted today by Cambodia’s legislative wing “threatens the very existence of a free and independent civil society” and the crucial work that non-governmental organizations (NGOs) carry out in the…

By Plong Chhaya and Martina Tomassini PAILIN, Cambodia, 23 July 2015 – Sixteen-year-old Vong Touch is an Explosive Remnant of War (ERW) survivor who lives with his widow mother and three siblings in a small wooden house…

GENEVA (15 July 2015) – United Nations human rights expert Maina Kiai today called on the Cambodian Senate to reject the draft Law on Associations and Non-Governmental Organisations (LANGO) that “unequivocally threatens the very existence of…

Source: Reuters - Mon, 13 Jul 2015 08:12 GMT Author: Reuters PHNOM PENH, July 13 (Reuters) - Cambodia passed on Monday a contentious law to regulate non-governmental organisations (NGOs) which government critics fear will be used to muzzle…

PHNOM PENH, July 12 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When hundreds of fishermen were rescued from a life of slavery on Thai fishing boats off the coast of Indonesia earlier this year, the world took notice. Trafficked and…

H. E. Hun Sen Prime Minister Royal Government of Cambodia Phnom Penh, Cambodia 6 July 2015 Re: Law on Associations and Non-Governmental Organizations Dear Prime Minister Hun Sen, We, the undersigned international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and membership organizations call on the government of…