Law and judiciary

On 04 July 2017, the Ministry of Interior of Cambodia has released a public announcement on obligations of associations and non-governmental organizations after notifying that some associations and non-governmental organizations haven’t complied correctly with regulations of Article 10 and 25 of “Law on Associations and ...

To mark the United Nations’ second International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, we, the undersigned civil society organizations (“CSOs”), call upon the Royal Government of Cambodia to bring an end to Cambodia’s rampant culture of impunity, and to ensure that the perpetrators ...

ADHOC, CCHR, CCIM, CLEC, STT and LICADHO strongly condemn yesterday’s violence outside the National Assembly, and at the house of an opposition leader that left two opposition CNRP MPs injured and bloodied, and call for an immediate independent and transparent investigation into the orchestrated violence. ...

On Friday, 24 July 2015, during the 7th meeting of the 3rd legislature, the Senate of Cambodia will review and give opinions on the draft Law on Associations and Non-Governmental Organizations. ...

The National Assembly of Cambodia convenes its 4th plenary session on Monday, 13 July 2015, from 8:00 a.m., to discuss and adopt the draft Law on Associations and Non-Governmental Organizations. ...

Consultation workshop on the draft Law on Associations and Non-Governmental Organizations to be held on 8 July 2015, starting from 8:00 a.m., at the Secretariat General of the National Assembly. The workshop is organized by the “Commission of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation, Propaganda and Information” in ...

On June 23, 2015, the Permanent Committee of the National Assembly convened a meeting, and decided to assign the Commission of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation, Propaganda and Information, in cooperation with the Commission of Interior, National Defense and Public Functions, and the Commission of Legislation ...

On Friday, June 5, 2015, at the Peace Palace, the Council of Ministers convened its plenary session presided over by the Prime Minister of Cambodia, Hun Sen, by approving the draft Law on Associations and NGOs. This draft law contains 9 chapters and 39 articles. ...

The press conference on the Impact of the Law on Associations and Non-Governmental Organizations will be held on 29 May 2015, from 9:00 am to 11:00 am,  at Khmer Surin Restaurant that is located at #9-11, St. 57, BKKI, Phnom Penh. ...

H.E. Cheang Vun, the head of the 5th Commission, reaffirmed that, as a tradition, after received any draft law from the Royal Government of Cambodia and assigned by the Standing Committee of the National Assembly for studying and giving opnions on the texts, special Commissions ...

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 ...

Recently, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery has been informed of the imported fertilizers mixing with leftover cigarettes into the Kingdom of Cambodia. Therefore, the ministry decided to nullify the license of imports and exports for agricultural fertilizer issued to Bern Lem Trading Group, and ...

200 youth and youth representatives including monks and civil society organizations are ready to participate in promoting the principles, criteria and tools of Open Government Partnership (OGP) in order to support the Cambodian government to become a member of OGP. ...

The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, an FIDH-OMCT joint programme, said today that the Cambodian Government must end the repression of land rights defenders and immediately release those imprisoned on November 11-12. ...

On 2 November 2014, the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”) launches its annual impunity campaign to mark the United Nations’ first International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists. The campaign aims to generate and relay the public’s call on the Royal Government ...

We, the undersigned civil society groups, condemn the actions of the Oddar Meanchey authorities who have, since September 2014, been engaged in the obstruction, harassment, intimidation, and assault of rights workers (see Annex 1: Timeline of Events). Most recently, a four-person team from Equitable Cambodia (“EC”) was in ...

Cambodian Civil Society Organizations have found that the Circular on the National Assembly (NA)’s commission working method, issued on 12 September 2014 by the President of National Assembly, does not adhere to the principles of democracy, transparency, effectiveness, the constitution and internal regulations of the National Assembly ...

Today, CLEC and LICADHO release a legal analysis of the latest draft of the Law on Unions of Enterprises (Trade Union Law) obtained at the end of May, this year. As unions yesterday began a nationwide campaign for a $177 per month minimum wage, the ...

On August 15, 2014 at 8:30 AM a plenary session of the Council of Ministers was held at the Peace Palace under the patronage of Samdech Akeak Moha Senapedei Deikcho Hun Sen, the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia in the fifth mandate to ...

Cambodian Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) would like to inform the public and all the journalists that CSOs will hold a round table discussion on “Term Limits for Prime Minister”. ...

We, the undersigned organizations, condemn the flagrant abuse of the Cambodian legal system and the trumped up charges that have been used to manipulate the outcome of political negotiations between the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) and the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP), following the latest ...

Today, 23 June 2014, the Cambodian Center for Human Rights’ (CCHR) Trial Monitoring Project releases its first report assessing the adherence to fair trial rights at the Court of Appeal (the Report). This is the seventh report published by the Trial Monitoring Project, and the ...

June 15, 2014, On the anniversary of Cambodia’s Constitutional Council, LICADHO urges the Council to reject the three new laws affecting the judiciary in their current form. The passage of these laws in their current form will codify and indefinitely prolong the lack of independence ...

The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) and International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) today urge the Cambodian​Senate to delay their decision to review three judicial reform draft laws, and to seek consultation with the public and civil society. ...