Cambodia

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Overview

The UN Human Rights Office in Cambodia provides technical advice to national institutions based on human rights assessments; conducts capacity-building for a range of governmental and non-governmental actors to strengthen the promotion and protection of human rights; and works closely with the UN Country Team and other actors to integrate human rights into their work in order to support sustainable peace and inclusive development in Cambodia.

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News & Statements

Latest news

12 Sep 2024

Special Procedures

Cambodia: UN experts call for suspension of professional journalism charter

26 Jul 2024

Special Procedures

Cambodia: National action plan on indigenous rights among measures needed to improve human rights, says expert

19 Jul 2024

Special Procedures

Expert on human rights in Cambodia to make official visit

04 Jul 2024

Special Procedures

Experts condemn conviction of environmental activists in Cambodia

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Latest statements & messages

02 Jul 2024

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Concerns over harsh sentences against Cambodian environmental activists

03 May 2024

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Comment by UN Human Rights Office spokesperson Jeremy Laurence on Cambodia court upholding charges against Chhim Sithar

07 Mar 2023

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Global update: High Commissioner outlines concerns in over 40 countries

07 Mar 2022

Multiple Mechanisms

Global Update: Bachelet urges inclusion to combat "sharply escalating misery and fear"

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Feature Stories

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04 October 2019 Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

The fight against ‘popular justice’ in Cambodia

In Cambodia, violent acts of popular justice are occurring year after year. UN Human Rights is urging the government to condemn publicly the violence, and to ensure effective investigation and prosecution.
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04 October 2013

Justice achieved: two wrongful convictions overturned by the Cambodian Supreme Court

More than nine years on, justice is finally achieved for two men wrongfully convicted in the killing of one of Cambodia’s most prominent unionists.
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UN and OHCHR Reports

UN Secretary-General and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

A/HRC/54/72: Role and achievements of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in assisting the Government and people of Cambodia in the promotion and protection of human rights - Advance edited version

A/HRC/51/63: Role and achievements of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in assisting the Government and people of Cambodia in the promotion and protection of human rights

A/HRC/48/49: Role and achievements of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in assisting the Government and people of Cambodia in the promotion and protection of human rights

A/HRC/45/56: Role and achievements of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in assisting the Government and people of Cambodia in the promotion and protection of human rights Report of the Secretary-General

A/HRC/42/31: Role and achievements of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in assisting the Government and people of Cambodia in the promotion and protection of human rights

A/HRC/37/64:Role and achievements of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in assisting the Government and people of Cambodia in the promotion and protection of human rights

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OHCHR Cambodia reports

State of Press Freedom in Cambodia

Universal Periodic Review

Core documents for the current and previous cycles

The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is a unique process which involves a review of the human rights records of all UN Member States. The UPR is a State-driven process, under the auspices of the Human Rights Council, which provides the opportunity for each State to declare what actions they have taken to improve the human rights situations in their countries and to fulfil their human rights obligations.

Special Procedures

Reports

A/HRC/56/49/ADD.2: Visit to Cambodia - Report of the Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity

A/HRC/54/75: Situation of human rights in Cambodia - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia

A/HRC/51/66: Situation of human rights in Cambodia - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia

A/HRC/48/79: Situation of human rights in Cambodia - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia

A/HRC/45/51: Situation of human rights in Cambodia - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia

A/HRC/42/60/Add.1: Assessing protection of those at risk of being left behind - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia

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Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia

Special Procedures country visits

Treaty Bodies

Reports

CED/C/KHM/CO/1: Concluding observations on the report submitted by Cambodia under article 29 (1) of the Convention

E/C.12/KHM/CO/2: Concluding observations on the second periodic report of Cambodia

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination: Concluding observations on the combined fourteenth to seventeenth reports of Cambodia

Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women: Concluding observations on the sixth periodic report of Cambodia

Concluding observations

CERD/C/KHM/CO/8-13: Concluding observations

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Status & Reporting

Status of Ratifications Reporting Status Standing invitation to Special Procedures General Assembly Resolutions, Decisions and Chairperson's Statements Commission on Human Rights Resolutions, Decisions and Chairperson's Statements
Contact Information

Headquarters

Field Operations and Technical Cooperation Division (FOTCD)
Contact in Geneva, Switzerland.

Asia Pacific Section
Tel. +41 22 928 9650

Field

Cambodia country office
No.4, Street 271,
Village 1, Sangkat Phsar Doeum Thkov,
Khan Chamkar Mon
P.O. Box. 108,
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Tel. +855 23 993 590/91
Fax +855 23 212 579, 213 587
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