Cambodia

US Congress Passes Law Demanding Redress for Boeung Kak Lake Community, Pressures World Bank to Take Action

Published in Friday January 17th, 2014 In Social movement news

The 2014 Consolidated Appropriations Act, approved by the US House of Representative, requires “the United States executive director of each international financial institution to seek to ensure that each such institution responds to the findings and recommendations of its accountability mechanisms by providing just compensation or other appropriate redress to individuals and communities that suffer violations of human rights, including forced displacement, resulting from any loan, grant, strategy or policy of such institution.”

Land Grab: Foreign Firms Drive Cambodians from Farms

Published in Thursday November 28th, 2013 In In the media

Each year, foreign agricultural corporations deprive thousands of Cambodian farmers of their fields — with the government’s help. Human rights groups claim German taxpayer money is used to fund a program that benefits land grabbers.

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Cambodia’s sugar rush leaves farmers feeling bitter at ‘land grab’

Published in Wednesday July 10th, 2013 In In the media

Yoen Sarin is just one of thousands of Cambodian farmers who claim they are losing their land and livelihoods to big sugar plantations.

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Special Rapporteur sends 19 communications during the second semester of 2012

Published in Tuesday April 30th, 2013 In Dialogue with countries

Check the communications sent by the Special Rapporteurs, as well as the answers received from the Member States, referring to the second half of 2012.

Cambodian Police Beat Eviction Protesters

Published in Wednesday March 13th, 2013 In In the media

Cambodian police beat demonstrators who marched to the prime minister’s house Wednesday to protest being evicted from their homes, a confrontation that highlights how contentious the issue of land grabbing is this election year.

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Protesters in Cambodia Want Obama’s Support Over Evictions

Published in Tuesday November 6th, 2012 In In the media

November 06, 2012 About 100 residents embroiled in land disputes in Phnom Penh submitted a petition to the U.S. Embassy yesterday requesting that President Barack Obama raise the issue of evictions and reform of the country’s land concession policy when he visits Cambodia later this month. The plea comes on the heels of a resolution […]

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No more excuses for EU inaction on Cambodian exports tainted by land grabbing

Published in Thursday November 1st, 2012 In Social movement news

October 30, 2012 The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) welcomes the resolution adopted by the European Parliament on 26 October which calls on the European Commission to “investigate the escalation of human rights abuses in Cambodia.” The resolution points to the cause of this escalation being clearly tied to economic land concessions or land […]

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Serious and systematic violations of land and housing rights continue in Cambodia

Published in Monday October 15th, 2012 In Social movement news

October 12, 2012 The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) released today a seven-page briefing note entitled “Cambodia: A Mounting Human Rights Crisis”. The briefing note warns that the violations of land and housing rights are “on-going, serious and systematic,” and that the use of judicial and extra-judicial means to harass, intimidate and criminalise activists […]

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2012 Communications Report available for viewing

Published in Friday September 14th, 2012 In Dialogue with countries

The UN Human Rights Council has already made available for viewing the report with all communications sent by the Special Rapporteurs, as well as the answers received by the Member States.

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Families Displaced by Cambodian Railway Development Seek Justice from the Asian Development Bank

Published in Wednesday September 5th, 2012 In Social movement news

September 4, 2012 Families displaced from their homes and livelihoods by the Asian Development Bank (ADB)-financed project to rehabilitate Cambodia’s railway have filed a complaint to the Bank’s Compliance Review Panel (CRP) stating that they have suffered serious harms, including impoverishment, because of the project. The complaint, which was filed on behalf of affected families […]

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