Joint statement on the draft Law on Associations and Non-Governmental Organizations (LANGO)
Representatives of 80 civil society organizations (CSOs) called on the Royal Government of Cambodia to make the official draft Law on Associations and Non-Governmental Organizations (LANGO) available to the public, and to conduct dialogues with different stakeholders for collecting their views, concerns and perceptions on ...
Joint Organizations
Statement: Joint response to open letter on microfinance reports
On 16 July 2020, the Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (LICADHO), Sahmakum Teang Tnaut (STT), Cambodian Alliance of Trade Unions (CATU), and Center for Alliance of Labor and Human Rights (CENTRAL) issued a joint response declining request from the Cambodia ...
Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (LICADHO)
Press release on Mekong River dolphin deaths in Kandal province
On 9 August 2023, the Fisheries Administration of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries issued a press release to inform the public after finding a 1.01-meter-long female Irrawaddy dolphin weighing 14.4 kg, about two months old, dead of trapping in nets in Peam village, ...
Fisheries Administration
Trail date set for Mother Nature Cambodia activists
On 23 January 2018, the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) has released an alert on trail date set for two Mother Nature Cambodia activists, Hun Vannak and Doem Kundy, have received a date for their trial after spending over four months in pre-trial detention ...
Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR)
Stung Prek Tnaot flood preparedness in Dangkor District
On October 25, 2021, Dangkor District Hall issued a notification on Stung Prek Tnaot flood preparedness in Dangkor District. The water level of Stung Prek Tnaot has risen continuously due to the upper flood, making the water level of Stung Prek Tnaot in Dangkor district ...
Dangkor District Hall
Announcement: UNESCO to include Koh Ker temple as a World Heritage site
On 17 September 2023, the Royal Government of Cambodia issued an announcement regarding the decision of UNESCO to include Koh Ker temple as a World Heritage site. According to the announcement, The World Heritage Committee of UNESCO unanimously decided to add the “Koh Ker Temple Resort” ...
Royal Government of Cambodia
Press release: Cambodia, UK hopeful relationship will be further enhanced
On 12 January 2023, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has posted a press release Cambodia, UK hopeful relationship will be further enhanced on their official website. His Excellency Prak Sokhonn, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, and H.E. Dominic ...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Organizing the "Vietnam Defence - Economics Exposition 2021"
On 15 November 2021, the Ministry of Commerce issued a press release on Organizing the “Vietnam Defence – Economics Exposition 2021”.The Economic Department of the Ministry of National Defence of Vietnam, is going to organize the “Vietnam Defence – Economics Exposition 2021” which will be ...
Ministry of Commerce
WWF: High-risk trade in wildlife threatens ecosystems and risks exposure to zoonotic diseases
On 10 July 2020, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has warned that snaring of animals has become a crisis that poses a serious risk to wildlife in Southeast Asia and could spawn the transmission of zoonotic diseases to humans. An estimated 12.3 million snares threaten ...
World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
Press release on NTFP-based enterprise by the local community create incentives for social and environmental protection
On 10 June 2019, the Ministry of Environment issued a press release expressing the significant contribution of non-timber forest producer groups and associations as social protection as well as their commitment to forest conservation and poverty eradication goals. About 68% of total rural households across ...
Ministry of Environment
Intellectual property and youth: innovation for a better future
On 23 February 2022, the Ministry of Commerce issued a notice on intellectual property and youth: innovation for a better future.The Department of Intellectual Property of the Ministry of Commerce would like to inform the public that the Ministry will organize a youth video competition ...
Ministry of Commerce
4th COVID-19 vaccination campaign for the target group in Phnom Penh
On 08 January 2022, the Ministry of Health issued a notification on the 4th COVID-19 vaccination campaign for the target group in Phnom Penh.The COVID-19 Vaccination Commission will provide the fourth dose of COVID-19 vaccine using Pizer to the leaders of the Royal Government, the ...
Ministry of Health
Press release: Prime Minister HUN MANET to engage proactively in 43rd ASEAN summit and related summits in Indonesia.
On 2 September 2023, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation issued a press release on Prime Minister HUN MANET’s upcoming attendance at the 43rd ASEAN Summit and Related Summits. The summit will take place in Jakarta from 4th to 7th September 2023, at the ...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Second national orchid forum
On 03 May 2022, the Ministry of Environment issued an announcement on the second national orchid forum.The Ministry of Environment, in collaboration with the Youth Federation of Cambodia, Phnom Penh, will organize the “Second national orchid forum” on 11 May 2022. ...
Ministry of Environment
LICADHO opens up its land concessions data, urges full transparency from the government
The Cambodian League for the Protection and Defense of Human Rights (LICADHO) is today releasing to the public its land concession dataset and urges the government to follow suit by publicly disclosing details of all land concessions granted in Cambodia. The information released is the ...
Cambodian League for the Protection and Defense of Human Rights (LICADHO)
Press release on the Japan funds project to end violence against children amid COVID-19 in Cambodia
On 19 March 2021, the Embassy of Japan in the Kingdom of Cambodia issued a press release on the Japan funds project to end violence against children amid COVID-19 in Cambodia. The Government of Japan has awarded approximately US$3,090,909 to UNICEF to fund the project ...
Embassy of Japan in the Kingdom of Cambodia
Press release on Japan to extend loan for irrigation and drainage project in the southwest Phnom Penh region
On 07 April 2023, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation issued a press release on Japan to extend loan for irrigation and drainage project in the southwest Phnom Penh region.His Excellency PRAK Sokhonn and His Excellency UENO Atsushi will sign the Exchange of ...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Workshop on mechanisms and criteria for determining minimum wages in Cambodia
The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training will organize a workshop on “Mechanisms and Criteria for Determining Minimum Wages in Cambodia” on 22 September 2015 from 8:30 am, at a meeting room A of the ministry’s office. ...
Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training
WWF launches first-ever book on Mekong rattan species
A new book, released today by WWF and The New York Botanical Garden, provides the most up-to-date, comprehensive catalogue of 65 rattan species found in Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam – two of which are new species endemic to Cambodia. ...
WWF Cambodia
CCHR: Cambodia needs to respect women’s rights to self-determination, expression and bodily integrity
On 19 February 2020, Cambodian advocates of women’s human rights issued an open letter to Prime Minister Hun Sen after hearing the criticism of women wearing sexy outfit.During the Cambodian National Council for Women (CNCW) annual meeting on 17 February 2020, PM Hun Sen spoke ...
Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR)
