On 24 August 2021, Cambodian Center for Independent Media issued a joint statement On redressing Cambodia’s human rights situatiOn before establishing an NHRI. In light of the ever-worsening human rights situatiOn in Cambodia, the undersigned civil society organizatiOns, trade uniOns, associatiOns and communities, are deeply ...

On 09 September 2021, the Phnom Penh Capital AdministratiOn issued a notificatiOn On permissiOn to reopen public and private educatiOnal institutiOns for all secOndary and high schools in Phnom Penh from September 15, 2021 Onwards.Phnom Penh Capital AdministratiOn has decided to reopen public and private ...

On 16 September 2021, the Ministry of Health issued a press release On the first and secOnd doses of COVID-19 vaccine (Sinovac) are given to children aged 6 and under 12 years old.The COVID-19 VaccinatiOn CommissiOn will provide the first and secOnd doses of COVID-19 ...

On 19 October 2021, the TelecommunicatiOns Regulator of Cambodia issued a notificatiOn On suspensiOn the websites of indebted companies for 2013 and 2014. Companies that are still indebted for the use of .kh website services for 2013 and 2014 have been informed that the TelecommunicatiOns ...

After the government shuttered independent media Voice of Democracy (VOD) on Monday, dozens of civil society groups decried the decision and numerous embassies warned the loss of the publication seriously damaged Cambodia’s dwindling press freedom in the run-up to the July national election. ...

Cambodia mildly improved its score on Transparency International’s 2022 corruption index released Tuesday, but remains considered among the most corrupt countries globally. ...

Kandal village residents protested on Thursday against the filling in of land near their homes at the $1.5 billion airport development project, with a company official saying they were only filling the homes of three people who had agreed to leave the site. ...

On 16 March 2023, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and InternatiOnal CooperatiOn issued a press release after the courtesy call between H.E. Mr. Justin Kevin Whyatt, the new Ambassador of Australia to Cambodia, and H.E. Prak SokhOnn, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and ...

 Three Bunong indigenous family members were arrested by Mondulkiri provincial police on Sunday over a land dispute in Chamkar Te Village, Spean Thmor Commune. ...

 The Court of Appeal will hear former opposition leader Kem Sokha’s appeal against his treason conviction this January 30, as civil societies call on the new government to restore the political situation and human rights in the country. ...

Open Development Cambodia Organization (ODC) is excited to announce a full-day training session set on 22 December 2023, in Phnom Penh. The session touches on the business registration process, digital literacy, and digital security, targeting informal economies and SMEs, including women and indigenous peoples, and ...

Agriculture in Cambodia accounts for approximately 56% of the labour force. The size of the sector means that policies developed here have a significant impact on the whole country. Agricultural policy and administration is managed by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF). There ...

Election ballots, Cambodia. Photo by Daniel Littlewood, taken on April 20, 2004. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0History of Cambodia’s electionsCambodia saw consecutive civil wars for more than 20 years after the coup in 1970. In 1991, parties in the conflict reached agreement to end the ...

The goal of the annual ASEAN Water Platform (AWP) is to build capacity in research on water natural resource management (WNRM) within the partner countries’ institutions. The purpose of AWP is to gather together researchers with different backgrounds in order to have an exchange of ...

All land that is not state public property or is not privately owned is de facto state private land. State private land may be sold, exchanged, leased, granted as concessions, or otherwise alienated. ...

Located at Banteay Meanchey province, Ou Chruv district lies in the west of the province and is also one of the nine districts of the province. Bordering with Thailand makes Ou Chruv a border crossing point that is home to one of the busy districts. ...

Since 1993, the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) has been working to reform the country’s legal framework, and in particular the application of justice, to provide a clear and fixed procedural system to ensure respect for individual rights and equality before the courts.89 In theory, ...

Upon the reinstatement of the second monarchy in 1993, Cambodian citizens are the master of their destiny and sources of all power. With the introduction of the liberal democracy in the Kingdom, all Cambodians at their 18 years or over, except where it is prescribed ...

Things you should know about Cambodia before investingCambodia has performed well on foreign direct investment (FDI) so far, three times better than predicted, which scored 3.6, becoming the top 25 in the world.125 The FDI reached an all-time high of 14.1% in 2012 and nearly ...

A small gathering to mark World Teachers’ Day at Phnom Penh’s Freedom Park briefly descended into chaos Sunday when a crowd of rally-goers wrested a concealed gun from a man working for the Ministry of Information after he forced his way to the front of ...