Cambodia

Video of eviction in Cambodia: Shukaku destroy homes at Boeung Kak Lake

Video of eviction in Cambodia: Shukaku destroy homes at Boeung Kak Lake

Shukaku destroy homes at Boeung Kak Lake from Little Ease Films on Vimeo.

Communications Report (2010)

This report has the summary of communications sent and replies received from following Governments and other actors: Bangladesh, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Cameroun, China, Colombia, Congo, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Kenya Korea (Republic of), Mexico, Nigeria, Panama, Papua  New Guinea, Philippines, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Serbia,  South Africa,  Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Turkmenistan, Uganda,  […]

PRESS RELEASE – UN Expert urges Cambodia to refrain from more forced evictions

6 May 2009 – The following statement was issued today by the UN Special Rapporteur on adequate housing, Raquel Rolnik “I am extremely concerned about the threatened eviction of nearly one hundred families in Phnom Penh, the so-called ‘Group 78’. I have once again addressed the Cambodian authorities to remind them that the pattern of evictions, affecting many of the poor, in the country – and the apparent lack of due process in that regard – suggests they may be tolerating, or even perpetrating, the forced evictions prohibited by international human rights standards…”

PRESS RELEASE – Forced evictions in Cambodia make thousands of people homeless

The following statement on the latest in a series of forced evictions in Cambodia was issued today by the UN Special Rapporteur on adequate housing, Raquel Rolnik. “More than 130 families were forcibly evicted during the night of 23 and 24 January 2009 from Dey Krahorm, in central Phnom Penh to make way for a private company to redevelop the site.

Communications Report (2009)

This report has the summary of communications sent and replies received from following Governments: Argentina, Bangladesh, Brazil, Cambodia, Cameroun, China (People’s Republic of), Colombia, Ethiopia, Greece, India, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, México, Nigeria,  Panamá, Russian Federation, Sri Lanka Sudan, Suisse, Turkey, United States of America, Uzbekistan, Zimbabwe. In the context of his mandate, the Special […]

Communications Report (2008)

This report has the summary of communications sent and replies received from following Governments: Argentina, Bangladesh, Brazil, Cambodia, Cameroun, China, Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece, Honduras, India, Israel, Italy, Lao People’s Democratic Republic (the), Malaysia, , México, Nepal, Philippines, South Africa, Sudan (the), Switzerland, Tajikistan, Thailand, Uruguay, Vietnam, United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo. In […]

Communications Report (2007)

This report has the summary of communications sent and replies received from following Governments: Angola, Australia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Guinea Equatorial, India, Indonesia, Israel, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Russian Federation, The Sudan, Turkey, Zimbabwe, and other actors like United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo. In the context of his mandate, the […]

PRESS RELEASE – UN Experts condemn lack of respecto for human rights shown in evictios of Bassac residentes in Cambodia Capital

(29 June 2006) The following statement was issued today by the Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, Miloon Kothari, and the Secretary-General’s Special Representative on human rights defenders, Hina Jilani “Despite numerous international and national appeals, the Government of Cambodia and the Municipality of Phnom Penh have continued the forced evictions, contrary to international human rights law, of informal settlements on the bank of the Bassac River in central Phnom Penh…”

Reports 2006

Thematic reports: Women

Mission reports: Lebanon and Israel, Iran and Cambodia

Comunications report

Communications Report (2006)

This report has the summary of communications sent and replies received from following Governments: Australia, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, China, Israel, Philippines, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Zimbabwe, Other actors: United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo In the context of his mandate, the Special Rapporteur on adequate housing receives a large number of communications […]