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Mekong Youth Assembly and International Rivers Submission to John Knox, United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment
The Mekong Youth Assembly and International Rivers are pleased to provide this submission to John Knox, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the...
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Permanent mission of Lao PDR to the United Nations office and other International Organizations Geneva
Permanent mission of Lao PDR to the United Nations office and other International Organizations Geneva presents its compliments to the office of the High Commissioner to Human...
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PR | UN Envoys Report Concern over Don Sahong Dam Impacts to Human Rights Council
he United Nations Special Procedures have raised serious concerns over the human rights impacts of the controversial Don Sahong Dam under construction on the Mekong River in...
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A Matter of Rights in the Future of the Mekong
The United Nations Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council recently published the outcome of communications on the human rights impacts of the Don Sahong Dam. The Don...
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Special procedures of communications
Special procedures mechanisms can intervene directly with Governments on allegations of violations of human rights that come within their mandates by means of letters which...
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United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner
The special procedures of the Human Rights Council are independent human rights experts with mandates to report and advise on human rights from a thematic or country-specific...
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Protect human rights in trans-boundary investments - the message from the 2018 SEA conference on Human Rights and Business
Delegates at the 8th Southeast Asian regional conference on Human Rights and Business in Chiang Khong, Thailand have released the Mekong Statement, committing ourselves to...
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Collateral Damage: Land Loss and Abuses in Cambodia's Microfinance Sector
More than 2 million Cambodians currently have a loan with a microfinance institution, or MFI. Levels of debt have skyrocketed in recent years, leading to a number of human...
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Final report of the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights on Laos
This is the final report of the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Philip Alston, on his visit to the Lao People's Democratic Republic. The report calls...
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Statement by Professor Philip Alston, UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights on his visit to Lao PDR, 18-28 March 2019
On paper, the Lao Peoples Democratic Republic has made great progress in poverty reduction over recent decades. And after more than twenty years of striving to graduate from...
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Freedom of Expression in Cambodia: The Illusion of Democracy
This report is a collection of stories about the current state of freedom of expression in Cambodia. The people in these stories hail from every corner of Cambodia, and come...
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Formalizing inequality: Land titling in Cambodia
This paper highlights the failure of the Cambodia's land titling programme to protect the rights of vulnerable people living on sought-after land in the Heart of Phnom Penh,...
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Final Report on Compliance Review Panel Request No. 2012/2 on the Greater Mekong Subregion Rehabilitation of the Railway Project in the Kingdom of Cambodia
This report was prepared by the Compliance Review Panel (CRP) in response to a request for compliance review of the Greater Mekong Subregion: Rehabilitation of the Railway in...
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Cambodia 2013 human rights report
Cambodia is a constitutional monarchy with an elected parliamentary form of government. In the most recent national elections held July 28, the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP)...
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Best practices for using social media for human rights
The purpose of this booklet is to provide an overview of best practices with regards to use of social media for human rights-related work.The booklet...
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Attacks & threats against human rights defenders in Cambodia 2006
This briefing paper offers an analysis of the increasing threats to human rights defenders in Cambodia between January and October 2006. The paper is based on investigations and...
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An examination of policies promoting large-scale investments in farmland in Cambodia
The article aims to capture the status quo, more than ten years after the adoption of a new Land Law and almost seven years after the promulgation of the relevant Sub-Decree on...
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Advocacy handbook: A practical guide to increasing democracy in Cambodia
The goal of this guide is to provide practical information on strategies and techniques for current and future advocates. It also can be used to educate those interested in...
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Power in People: Cambodia ActionAid Strategy Paper 2013-2018
From 2013 to 2018 ActionAid is committed to advancing three strategic objectives and delivering on ten change promises. Each of their objectives falls under the banner of their...
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Freedoms of expression, association and assembly: A shrinking space
This is a fact-finding report that was conducted by Human Rights Delegations in compose of International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organization Against...