Seven nGOs have raised their concerns that the government is using the law, media and Internet to further stifle freedom of expression, ahead of Cambodia submitting its first Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of human rights to the U.n. The UPR is the process through which Geneva’s ...

Though Cambodia had four years to implement 91 recommendations on how to improve its human rights record, U.n. member states still had to push for action in a number of key areas during its second Universal Periodic Review hearing in Geneva on Tuesday. In a speech ...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) updated an existing dataset on “Mining concessions in Cambodia (1995–2022)” by adding 1 new map feature of the mining concession of Angkor Resources Corp. in Oddarmeanchey province. This dataset contains data for mining concessions in Cambodia from 1995 to 2022. The ...

The trade commissioner and foreign affairs representative of the European Union (E.U.) have turned down a request from 13 members of the European Parlia­ment that they immediately investigate Cambodia’s much criticized economic land concessions, but said they were monitoring the issue closely. In a March letter ...

Officials from the government  U.n. and human rights groups on Friday put forward amendments to draft memorandum of understanding (MoU) that is designed to impose safeguards for Cambodians to travel to work as maids in Malaysia. While the original draft by the Malaysian government sets out the responsibility of ...

Information Minister Khieu Kanharith on Thursday clarified that Prime Minister Hun Sen did not express willingness to see international involvement in an independent investigation into election irregularities, after state media incorrectly reported to the contrary. State news service Agence Kampuchea Presse (AKP), which operates out of ...

A verdict in the brutal slaying last year of an investigative journalist in Ratanakkiri province is due to be handed down by the provincial court today following a reinvestigation into the case. Hang Serei Odom, 42, a reporter for the Virakchun Khmer Daily, was found hacked ...

The CPP on Monday quickly dismissed the latest proposal from nGOs aimed at breaking the political impasse over how to investigate irregularities surrounding last month’s contested national election. To break the deadlock, the nGOs, who have dubbed the group they formed to monitor the election ...

Cambodia will resume international adoptions in 2014, more than four years after suspending them over concerns about child exploitation, an official said Wednesday. Deputy Social Affairs Minister nim Thoth told reporters that foreigners interested in adopting Cambodian children would be able to make applications in the ...

Krousar Thmey, the country’s pre-eminent nGO working to educate disabled children, is in the process of being integrated into the Education Ministry, the company’s director and government officials confirmed Thursday. Speaking on the sidelines of the national Workshop on Inclusive Education, Herve Roqueplan, director of Krousar ...

While Cambodia is often touted as a regional success story in terms of HIV/AIDS prevention, the prevalence of the disease among men who have sex with men, sex workers and intravenous drug users remains a concern, according to a report by UnAIDS released Tuesday. Infections have ...

In a meeting with Prime Minister Hun Sen and 10 of the government’s highest-ranking officials in Phnom Penh on Wednesday, U.n. human rights envoy Surya Subedi called for the perpetrators of recent state-sanctioned killings to be held accountable for their actions. Mr. Subedi spent three-and-a-half hours ...

n a request signed by more than 500 organisations, civil society representatives on Monday petitioned the government to amend three laws on the judiciary. During the 4th Government-CSOs Partnership Forum, civil society organisations (CSOs) requested changes to improve the efficacy of the legal system and ...

The U.N. refugee ageNcy warNs the Number of people forcibly displaced from their homes is likely to exceed 60 millioN iN 2015.The UNHCR has released its Mid-Year TreNds 2015 report coveriNg global forced displacemeNt duriNg the first six moNths of this year. ...

This dataset contains data for eight types of protected areas in Cambodia (national park, wildlife sanctuary, protected landscape, multiple use, natural heritage site, Ramsar site, biosphere reserve and marine national park) with issuing dates starting from 1993 to 2023. The data was collected from government ...

Cambodia’s journey towards becoming a member of the Chinese central bank’s Cross-Border Interbank Payment System (CIPS) will require more time due to the “stringent conditions” put forth by the central bank, according to national Bank of Cambodia (nBC) deputy governor Chea Serey. ...

NatioNal BaNk of Cambodia deputy goverNor Chea Serey clarified oN July 16 that a receNt memoraNdum of uNderstaNdiNg with ChiNa’s UNioNPay was Not aN agreemeNt to legalise the ChiNese yuaN iN the KiNgdom or the CambodiaN riel iN ChiNa. Rather, it permits mobile paymeNts usiNg ...

Social Development Editor – ResearcherChanphalla is a Social Development Editor – Researcher of Open Development Cambodia. His main responsibilities are daily news summary, conducting research, producing social development related contents, translating, editing and other reporting tasks.Chanphalla is an International Relations (IR) graduate of Institute of ...

Patients are registered during the outreach screening at Vien Health Center. Photo by Community Eye Health, taken in 2006. Licensed under CC BY-nC 2.0The Kingdom of Cambodia is an indivisible state.  The country’s administration at all levels and in all sectors falls under the same ...

On 17 June 2021, the US Embassy in Cambodia issued a statement on the USAID Greening Prey Lang Funding Redirect. In a statement, the US embassy expressed ​concerns over deforestation​ which continues to occur in the Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary, where the United States Agency ...