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Two Chi Kraeng Men Sent to Prison for Land Dispute Row
Two men in Siem Reap province were sentenced to one year each in prison and ordered to pay a combined total of 3 million riels (US$722) in compensation after the provicial court on Tuesday found them guilty of injuring two men in a March altercation stemming from an ongoing land dispute. The court acquitted seven other men arrested in the same case.
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Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council
Reaffirming that all Member States have an obligation to promote and protect human rights and fundamental freedoms as enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, as reaffirmed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and in accordance with their respective obligations under the International Covenants on Human Rights and other applicable human rights instruments,...
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Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council
Reaffirming that all Member States have an obligation to promote and protect human rights and fundamental freedoms as enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, as reaffirmed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and in accordance with their respective obligations under the International Covenants on Human Rights and other applicable human rights instruments,...
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Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council
Reaffirming that all Member States have an obligation to promote and protect human rights and fundamental freedoms as enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, as reaffirmed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and in accordance with their respective obligations under the International Covenants on Human Rights and other applicable human rights instruments,...
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Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council
Reaffirming that all Member States have an obligation to promote and protect human rights and fundamental freedoms as enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, as reaffirmed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and in accordance with their respective obligations under the International Covenants on Human Rights and other applicable human rights instruments,...
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Cambodia: UN Expert Highlights Weaknesses in Judiciary and Restrictions on Freedom of Speech
GENEVA -- The Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Cambodia, Professor Surya P. Subedi, today reported to the Human Rights Council that improvements were needed in the overall human rights situation in the country, and expressed particular concern about the situation of freedom of speech.
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Cambodian Communities Facing Forced Eviction Launch Inspection Panel complaint Against World Bank
Phnom Penh residents facing the largest forced displacement of Cambodians since the Khmer Rouge era have filed a complaint to the World Bank Inspection Panel stating that they have suffered serious harm from a Bank-funded land-titling project. The complaint, submitted by the Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE) and registered on 24 September, alleges that the Bank breached its operational policies by failing to adequately supervise the Land Management and Administration Project (LMAP), which has denied urban poor and other vulnerable households protection against widespread tenure insecurity and increasing forced evictions in Cambodia.
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Cambodian Communities Facing Forced Eviction Launch Inspection Panel complaint Against World Bank
Phnom Penh residents facing the largest forced displacement of Cambodians since the Khmer Rouge era have filed a complaint to the World Bank Inspection Panel stating that they have suffered serious harm from a Bank-funded land-titling project. The complaint, submitted by the Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE) and registered on 24 September, alleges that the Bank breached its operational policies by failing to adequately supervise the Land Management and Administration Project (LMAP), which has denied urban poor and other vulnerable households protection against widespread tenure insecurity and increasing forced evictions in Cambodia.
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Cambodian Communities Facing Forced Eviction Launch Inspection Panel complaint Against World Bank
Phnom Penh residents facing the largest forced displacement of Cambodians since the Khmer Rouge era have filed a complaint to the World Bank Inspection Panel stating that they have suffered serious harm from a Bank-funded land-titling project. The complaint, submitted by the Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE) and registered on 24 September, alleges that the Bank breached its operational policies by failing to adequately supervise the Land Management and Administration Project (LMAP), which has denied urban poor and other vulnerable households protection against widespread tenure insecurity and increasing forced evictions in Cambodia.
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Cambodian Communities Facing Forced Eviction Launch Inspection Panel complaint Against World Bank
Phnom Penh residents facing the largest forced displacement of Cambodians since the Khmer Rouge era have filed a complaint to the World Bank Inspection Panel stating that they have suffered serious harm from a Bank-funded land-titling project. The complaint, submitted by the Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE) and registered on 24 September, alleges that the Bank breached its operational policies by failing to adequately supervise the Land Management and Administration Project (LMAP), which has denied urban poor and other vulnerable households protection against widespread tenure insecurity and increasing forced evictions in Cambodia.
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Untitled Tenure Insecurity and Inequality in the Cambodian Land Sector
We would like to acknowledge Sister Denise Coghlan, Eang Vuthy, Allison Fajans, Hallam Goad, Alexandra Jones, Daniel King, Megan MacInnes, Dan Nicholson, Brian Rohan, Sok Sotheara, Bank Information Centre, Community Legal Education Centre, Housing Rights Task Force, NGO Forum on Cambodia, Sahmakum Teang Tnaut, World Vision, and many others who cannot be named here who assisted with the research, attended meetings and offered advice and suggestions. We would also like to thank development partner staff who met with us to discuss LMAP. Most importantly, we would like to thank the affected communities and individuals who agreed to be interviewed for this report.
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