Social development
Human rights
Students Protest At UN Envoy’s University Lecture
- 22 May 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Economic land concessions and plantations / Economy and commerce / Education and training / Higher education / Human rights / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Public land lease / Social development
- Cambodian Mekong University / CMU / CMU university students / Disputed Land / ELCs / foreign investment / Human Rights / human rights report / international investors / international law / Investment / Land rights / law of foreign investment / Phnom Penh / protests / Royal University of Law and Economics / Special Rapporteur Surya Subedi / students / Surya Subedi / U.N. / UN / UN Envoy to Cambodia / UN Envoy to Cambodia Suyrya Subedi / UN Special Rapporteur / UN special rapporteur on human rights / UN Special Rapporteur Surya Subedi / UN Special Rapporteur to Cambodia / United Nations / University of Leeds
U.N. human rights envoy Surya Subedi on Tuesday received a thorny reception from hundreds of students at a Phnom Penh university, who angrily questioned his impartiality and unfurled banners calling for him to end his work in Cambodia. Special rapporteur Subedi delivered a lecture to about ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/students-protest-at-un-envoys-university-lecture-25855/
Abused women’s support services to expand
- 22 May 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Civil society / Gender / Human rights / Judiciary and courts / Siem Reap / Social development / Women in development
- abuse / Banks / Cambodia Women’s Crisis Center / career training / civil society / court / domestic violence / economic options / employment opportunities / Healthcare / Ing Kantha Phavi / Minister of Women's Affairs / Pok Panha Vichet / rape / sexual abuse / Siem Reap / UN Women gender-based violence / violence / violence against women / World Health Organization
Helping women find better employment opportunities is key to ensuring they feel able to report rape and sexual abuse, government and civil society representatives said yesterday. Although Cambodian courts are prosecuting an increasing number of cases involving violence against women, economic concerns stop many from reporting ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013052265772/National/abused-women-s-support-services-to-expand.html
Trafficked numbers rising
- 22 May 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Human rights / Human trafficking / Informal migration for labor / Labor / Labor policy and administration / Local workers abroad / Marine and coastal areas / Offshore recruitment and employment / Siem Reap / Social development / Water resources
- abused workers / Africa / African coast / anti-trafficking / Anti-trafficking NGOs / Anti-Trafficking project / Argentina / Association of Cambodian Recruitment Agencies / Bosnia-Herzegovina / child labor / child labour / CLEC / Community Legal Education Centre / Environmental Justice Foundation / exploitative employment sectors / Fishermen / Fishing / fishing boat / forced labor / forced labour / Giant Ocean / Giant Ocean International Fishery / grievance mechanism / Hong Kong / Human trafficking / Indonesia / International Labour Organization’s Maritime Labour Convention / International Organization for Migration / IOM / Juliette Williams / Legal Support for Children and Women / Lin Yu Shin / LSCW / Malaysian aid / Mauritius / Ministry of Labour / MLC / Mom Sokchar / Phiev Khay / Philippines / recruitment agency / repatriation / SehaYatim / Shelley Thio / Siem Reap / Singapore / Singapore market / Singapore Ministry of Manpower / Singapore’s Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority / Step Up Marine Enterprise / Taiwan / Thailand / trafficking / trafficking complaint / Transient Workers Count Too / TWC2 / Victor Lim / Work in Fishing Convention
Their stories have become all too familiar – Cambodian fishermen enslaved on fishing boats after being promised lucrative jobs overseas. They’re also becoming increasingly common. Anti-trafficking NGOs told the Post this week that they have noticed an exponential increase in the number of trafficking complaints from ...
Danson Cheong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013052265773/National/trafficked-numbers-rising.html
Troubled Village Embroiled In New Land Disputes
- 20 May 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Crop products and commodities / Economic land concessions and plantations / Economy and commerce / Ethnic minorities and indigenous people / Human rights / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Public land lease / Rubber / Social development / Social land concessions
- agro-industry companies / Appeal Court / Beehive Radio / Beehive radio owner Mam Sonando / broma / Broma village / Casotim / Cham / Chan Kong / community forest / Court of Appeal / Disputed Land / ELCs / ethnic Cham minorities / Farmland / forced evictions / forest clearing / Heng Chantha / kratie / Kratie district governor / Kratie district governor Sam Sarith / Kratie Province / Kratie provincial government department of land management / Mam Sonando / Phnom Penh Municipal Court / Pro Ma / Pro Mar / rubber / Rubber plantation / Sam Sarith / social land concessions
A year after a massive military raid here that left a 14-year old girl dead and hundreds of families evicted, there remains little sign of the original land dispute that turned this rural village into a hotbed of agitation. But a new firm and a government-issued ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/troubled-village-embroiled-in-new-land-disputes-25184/
EU Won’t Investigate Land Concessions—for Now
- 20 May 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Aid and development / Bilateral development assistance / Crop products and commodities / Development Assistance Committee (DAC) members / Economic land concessions and plantations / Economy and commerce / European Union aid / Exports / Human rights / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Public land lease / Social development / Sugar / Trade
- Cambodian Government / Catherine Ashton / duty free goods / duty-free access / EBA / Economics / ELCs / EU / EU duty free access / EU foreign affairs representative / EU high representative for foreign affairs Catherine Ashton / EU high representative for security policy / EU high representative for security policy Catherine Ashton / EU trade commissioner / European Commission / European Council / European Council President Herman van Rompuy / European Parliament / European Union aid / European Union foreign affairs representative / European Union trade commissioner / Everything but Arms trade agreement / Everything but arms trade scheme / Everything But Arms Treaty / Exports / garment sector / garments / garments industry / Generalized System of Preferences / GSP / Herman Van Rompuy / Human Rights / Hun Sen / Karel De Gucht / Koh Kong / Koh Kong Province / Land titles / London / Prime Minister Hun Sen / RGC / Royal Government of Cambodia / sugar / sugar plantations / Surya Subedi / Tate & Lyle / Trade EU Trade Commissioner Karel de Gucht / trade partners / U.N.’s special rapporteur on human rights to Cambodia Surya Subedi / UK / UN special rapporteur on human rights / UN special rapporteur on human rights to Cambodia / UN special rapporteur on human rights to Cambodia Surya Subedi / United Kingdom
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 ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/eu-wont-investigate-land-concessions-for-now-25194/
Jarai Man Exiled After He Opposes Land Deal
- 17 May 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Ethnic minorities and indigenous people / Forests and forestry / Human rights / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Social development
- Adhoc / Adhoc provincial co-ordinator / Chhay Thy / community forest / Disputed Land / ethnic Jarai / ethnic Jarai minority / ethnic Jarai villagers / ethnic minorities / Forest / indigenous people / O’Yadav district / Ratanakiri / Ratanakkiri Province / Rocham Vin / Romas Svang / Ten Village / villagers / Ya Tung Commune / Ya Tung Commune Chief
Commune authorities in Ratanakkiri province’s O’Yadav district have allegedly banished a local resident for persisting with a lawsuit that accuses them of selling 500 hectares of community forest to two Cambodian developers for $300,000. Romas Svang, who is a member of the ethnic Jarai minority, filed ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013051765682/National/jarai-man-exiled-after-he-opposes-land-deal.html
Two Held For Razing Huts In Land Dispute
- 15 May 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Economic land concessions and plantations / Environment and natural resources / Human rights / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Public land lease / Social development
- Cassava / cassava plantation / CRC Company / CRD Chief of Staff Ngvieng Hong Fou / CRD company / CRD rubber company / Deputy District Police Chief Phan Chanthon / destruction / Disputed Land / evictions / forced eviction / Global Witness / HAGL / Hoang Anh Gia Lai / Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) / Hoang Anh Ratanakkiri / land disputes / luxury timber / Meas Pov Bora / Ngvieng Hong Fou / O'Chum district / Phan Chanthon / Plantation Destructions / Provincial Minor Crimes Office / Provincial Minor Crimes Office Chief / Ratanakkiri / Ratanakkiri Province / rubber / Rubber plantation / rubber trees / timber / Vietnamese company / Vietnamese Firm Hoang Anh Gia Lai / Vietnamese rubber company / Vietnamese Rubber Group / villagers / Watchdog Group
Ratanakkiri provincial police on Monday arrested the chief of staff of a Vietnamese rubber concessionaire and his Cambodian translator who are believed to have burned down more than $5,000 worth of property related to a land dispute in O’Chum district, police said. Meas Pov Bora, chief ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013051565632/National/two-held-for-razing-huts-in-land-dispute.html
Arrests Threatened In Ratanakkiri
- 15 May 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Crime and law enforcement / Economic land concessions and plantations / Ethnic minorities and indigenous people / Human rights / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Law and judiciary / Public land lease / Social development
- Adhoc / Adhoc Senior Investigator Chan Saveth / Company 72 / deforestation / ELCs / ethnic Jarai / ethnic Jarai villagers / ethnic minorities / evictions / Farm Land / forced evictions / Forest / forest clearing / Forestry Administration / Land rights / Lom village’s Forestry Protection Committee Leader / Lom Villagers / Men Sarun Co Ltd / O’Yadav district / O’Yadav District Governor Dork Sar / Paknhai commune / protected area / protected forest / protests / Ratanakkiri / Ratanakkiri Province / Sav Finh / Vietnamese company / Vietnamese Company 72 / villagers
Provincial authorities in Ratanakkiri have warned ethnic Jarai villagers that they will be arrested if they continue to stop bulldozers belonging to a Vietnamese company from clearing forest in O’Yadav district’s Paknhai commune, community leaders said yesterday. Sav Finh, leader of Lom village’s forestry protection committee, ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013051565625/National/arrests-threatened-in-ratanakkiri.html
The canes of wrath
- 10 May 2013
- Southeast Asia Globe
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Crop products and commodities / Economic land concessions and plantations / Economy and commerce / Exports / Human rights / Judiciary and courts / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Law and judiciary / Public land lease / Social development / Sugar / Trade
- Agro-Business / agro-business firms / American Sugar Refinery Company / assault / Boycott Blood Sugar campaign / child labor / child labour / compensation / CPP / CPP Senator Ly Yong Phat / criminal activity / Dr Nirun Pitakwatchara / Dr Pung Chhiv Kek / EBA / economic land concession / education / ELC / ELC scheme / EU / EU in Cambodia ambassador Jean-Francois Cautain / Europe / European Parliament / European Union aid / Everything But Arms / Everything But Arms Agreement / Everything But Arms scheme / Everything But Arms Treaty / Exports / farming / forced evictions / Human Rights / human rights violations / illegal possession of land / ILO / International Labor Organisation / International Labour Organisation / Jean-Francois Cautain / Jones Day / Jones Day law firm / Kampong Speu / Kampong Speu Province / Khon Kaen Sugar Industry Public Company Limited / KKP / KKS / KKS industry / Koh Kong / Koh Kong Province / Koh Kong Sugar Industry / Koh Kong Sugar Plantation / KSL / labor / labour / land / Land grabs / Land rights / Land titles / Lawsuits / LICADHO / Licadho president Pung Chhiv Kek / livestock / London / Ly Yong Phat / National Human Rights Commission of Thailand / NGO Equitable Cambodia / NHRC / NHRC commissioner Dr Nirun Pitakwatchara / Nirun Pitakwatchara / Oddar Meanchey / Oddar Meanchey Province / OECD / Omlaing / Omlaing commune / Omlaing sugar plantation / Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development / Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises / PC Law Firm / Phnom Penh Sugar Company / Phnom Penh Sugar director Seng Nhak / Phnom Penh Sugar’s Omlaing plantation / plantation workers / Plantations / preferential trade scheme / protests / Pung Chhiv Kek / razed crops / Rees Broome law firm / Seng Nhak / shootings / subsistence farming / sugar / sugar exports / sugar industry / sugarcane / sugarcane plantations / Taiwan / Tate & Lyle / Tate & Lyle Sugars / Thailand / Thpong district / UK / UK’s High Court of Justice / UN / United Nations / United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights / US / US National Contact Point / Ve Wong Corporation / wages
Satiating the demands of the global sugar industry is big business for Cambodia’s sugarcane plantations. Yet accusations of human rights abuses and land grabs in the Kingdom have left a bitter aftertaste for many on the ground as companies vie for a larger slice of ...
Private property, public greed in Cambodia
- 9 May 2013
- The Politico
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Crop products and commodities / Economic land concessions and plantations / Economy and commerce / Exports / Human rights / Judiciary and courts / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Law and judiciary / Public land lease / Social development / Sugar / Trade
- American Sugar Refining / Cambodia Daily newspaper / Cambodian Center for Human Rights / Cambodian Center for Human Rights president Ou Virak / CCHR / Chinese aid / Chum Bun Rong / Deputy Director Chum Bun Rong / Displacement / Disputed Land / Domino Sugar / ELCs / forced evictions / Khmer Rouge / Koh Kong / Koh Kong Provice / land compensation / Land Law 2001 / Land-grabbing / Laos / Myanmar / National Land Authority / New York / Ou Virak / Phnom Penh / Prime Minister Hun Sen / sugar / sugar cane / Tate & Lyle / Tate & Lyle sugar / Thailand / The State Department annual Human Rights Report / TTY rubber company / United Nations / United States aid / Vietnam War
Mark Moorstein knew little about Cambodia before he got involved in a lawsuit on behalf of land owners there. But as it’s turning out, the suit could end up affecting most every country in Asia. Moorstein is a land-use lawyer in Northern Virginia who, like many ...
High Risk Seen in Kingdom’s Business Environment: Report
- 2 May 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Crop products and commodities / Economic land concessions and plantations / Economy and commerce / Human rights / Investment / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Public land lease / Social development
- ADB / Asian Development Bank (ADB) / Asian Development Bank Deputy Director Peter Brimble / Brittan / Cambodia Country Risk Report / Climate Change / Constrains to Investment / Economic Governance / economic land concession / Economic Land Concession Scheme / forced eviction / H&M / Indonesia / Investment Analysis / Investment Concern / investment law / Investment Risk / Investor Protection / Japanese aid / labor rights / labor standards / labour standards / Maplecroft / Myanmar / National Arbitration Centre / Peter Brimble / Philippines / Puma / Tate and Lyle / Thailand / trade facilitation / UK / United Kingdom
Corruption, a weak judicial system and the potential for complicity with human and labour rights abuses are key risks for firms looking to invest in Cambodia, a new report [by Maplecroft, a UK-based global risk and strategic consulting firm] analysing investment risk in the Kingdom ...
Tales of intimidation
- 1 May 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Environment and natural resources / Forest products / Forests and forestry / Human rights / Land / Logging and timber / Social development
- Adhoc / Adhoc’s land section / Chan Soveth / Community Peace Network / Council of Ministers / Declaration on Human Rights Defenders / Forestry Administration / illegal logging / Khmer Rouge / Kong Kimny / kratie / Kratie Provincial Governor / Mom Sakin / Phay Siphan / Pursat / Snuol district / Sorn Siyan / Thun Saray / Universal Declaration of Human Rights
When activists Mom Sakin and Sorn Siyan took a stand against illegal logging in Kratie province last month, they were allegedly threatened with violence and lawsuits from officials. “Powerful people who wanted to intimidate us shot their guns into the air to prevent us from going ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013050165357/National/tales-of-intimidation.html
Non-Government Groups Take Stock of the Country’s Rights Records
- 1 May 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Ethnic minorities and indigenous people / Human rights / Land / Social development / Unions
- ancestral rights / ethnic Kuoy minority / ethnic minorities / forced evictions / Human Rights / Human Rights Council / Hun Sen / indigenous peoples rights / Land rights / Land-grabbing / nationwide land-titling project / Phnom Penh / Prime Minister Hun Sen / Royal Government of Cambodia Human rights Committee / Stung Treng / Stung Treng Province / U.N. Human Rights Council / U.N. Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review / U.N. human rights recommendations
The government’s abuse of land rights and indigenous minorities were among the top concerns raised Tuesday by non-governmental groups at a workshop in Phnom Penh on Cambodia’s progress toward achieving a long list of U.N. human rights recommendations. As part of the U.N. Human Rights Council’s ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/non-government-groups-take-stock-of-countrys-rights-record-21113/
Angry Villagers Confront Workers
- 1 May 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Crop products and commodities / Economic land concessions and plantations / Economy and commerce / Environment and natural resources / Environment and natural resources policy and administration / Environmental and biodiversity protection / Ethnic minorities and indigenous people / Forest products / Forests and forestry / Human rights / Investment / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Logging and timber / Public land lease / Social development
- Adhoc / coffee plantation / Community leader Sev Hem / Company 72 / Dork Sar / Lom village / Men Sarun Co Ltd / Ministry of Agriculture / Ministry of Forestry and Fisheries / O’Yadav district / O’Yadav District Governor Dork Sar / Paknhai commune / palm oil plantation / Ratanakkiri / Ratanakkiri Province / Sev Hem / Ten Village / Vietnamese Company 72 / Vietnamese Rubber Company 72 / Yatung Commune / Yatung Commune Chief Ro-chorm Vin
Jarai minority villagers in Ratanakkiri’s O’Yadav district protested in two locations yesterday against a Vietnamese company that community leaders say has been clearing their protected land and forcing villagers to accept inadequate compensation. Community leader Sev Hem said 30 angry villagers directly confronted five Company 72 ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013050165347/National/angry-villagers-confront-workers.html
Draft of New Public Land Policy Is Released
- 29 April 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Crop products and commodities / Economic land concessions and plantations / Economy and commerce / Environment and natural resources / Forest products / Forests and forestry / Human rights / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Law and judiciary / Logging and timber / Public land lease / Social development
- Chhith Sam Ath / Council on Land Policy / Council on Land Policy adviser Duy Pheng / deforestation / Duy Pheng / forced evictions / land disputes / land laws / land management / Ministry of Land Management Secretary of State Rath Sarin / Ministry of Land Management Urban Planning and Construction / natural resources / NGO Forum / NGO Forum Executive Director Chhith Sam Ath / Phnom Penh / public land policy / Rath Sarin
The government on Friday released a draft of a new public policy guide on the county’s contentious land sector, a move that was welcomed by NGOs, who also called for the government to hold further consultations on the draft. Local rights groups have singled out ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/draft-of-new-public-land-policy-is-released-20672/
Adhoc defends Staffer in Incitement Claim
Human rights group Adhoc yesterday criticized a commune official in Pursat province’s Veal Veng district for accusing one of its staff of incitement and spreading disinformation after villagers traveled to Phnom Penh in March to protest over a land dispute with well known businessman Try ...
Rubber Firm Accused of Illegal Deforestation
- 26 April 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Crop products and commodities / Economic land concessions and plantations / Economy and commerce / Environment and natural resources / Ethnic minorities and indigenous people / Forest products / Forests and forestry / Human rights / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Logging and timber / Public land lease / Rubber / Social development
- Adhoc / Cambodia’s 2001 Land Law / communal land / Company 72 / Day Dong Yoeun / Day Dong Yoeun Company / ELC / ethnic Jarai minority / indigenous people / indigenous peoples rights / Lom village / O’Ydaw district / Paknhai commune / Ratanakirri / Ratanakirri province / Rubber Companies
A rubber company that has been repeatedly accused of encroaching on communal land belonging to an ethnic minority in Ratanakkiri province has cleared 150 hectares of forest outside of its economic land concession (ELC) in the past month, according to the senior investigator for local ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/rubber-firm-accused-of-illegal-deforestation-20367/
Incitement, Disinformation Suit Filed Against Rights Worker
- 25 April 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Economic land concessions and plantations / Human rights / Judiciary and courts / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Law and judiciary / Public land lease / Social development
- Adhoc / Adhoc Deputy Head of Human Rights Monitoring Chan Soveth / Adhoc Provincial Coordinator Phuong Sothea / Chan Soveth / economic land concession / Ekpheap Village / ELC / Hun Sen / Land-tilling Scheme / Phuong Sothea / Prime Minister Hun Sen / Prom Ngoy / Pursat / Pursat City / Pursat Province / Pursat Provincial Court Prosecutor Tan Seihak Dechak / Sangkum Thmei Village / Tan Seihak Dechak / Thma Da Commune / Thma Da Commune Chief Prom Ngoy
A commune official in Pursat province’s Veal Veng district has filed a lawsuit accusing a human rights worker of incitement and disinformation after villagers the NGO staffer spoke to traveled to Phnom Penh to protest over a land dispute involving a well-known businessman Try Pheap. Pursat ...
Land-Titling Project Denied Minorities of Property Rights
- 23 April 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Crop products and commodities / Economic land concessions and plantations / Economy and commerce / Ethnic minorities and indigenous people / Human rights / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Public land lease / Social development
- Adhoc / Cambodian Land Law 2001 / Center for Study and Development in Agriculture / communal land titles / Community Legal Education Center / Council of Ministers / Council of Ministers Press and Quick Reaction Unit / Directive 01 / ethnic Kreung minority / Hun Sen / indigenous minorities / indigenous peoples rights / La'ak commune / land-titling initiative / land-titling scheme / Ministry of Land Management / nationwide land-titling scheme / O'Chum district / Prime Minister Hun Sen / private land titles / Ratanakkiri / Ratanakkiri Province / rubber plantations
Hundreds of indigenous minorities in Ratanakkiri province are being made worse off by Prime Minister Hun Sen’s land-titling scheme which, rather than securing their property rights, is contributing to the loss of their ancestral lands, according to a new report. The report supports complaints aired since ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/land-titling-project-denied-minorities-of-property-rights-19528/
Tate & Lyle Defends Sugar Plantation Deal In Koh Kong
- 17 April 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Crop products and commodities / Economic land concessions and plantations / Economy and commerce / Exports / Human rights / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Public land lease / Social development / Sugar / Trade
- Cert ID report / High Court of Justice / Khon Kaen Sugar / Koh Kong / KSL Group / London / sugar plantations / Tate & Lyle / UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
A U.K. firm being sued by 200 Cambodian farmers over the loss of their land to two sugar plantations has defended its business dealings, claiming that the affected families were dealt with legally and were properly compensated for the loss of their properties. Local farmers ...
Koh Kong Sugar Firm Makes Offer to Return Disputed Land
- 15 April 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Biofuel crops / Crop products and commodities / Economic land concessions and plantations / Economy and commerce / Human rights / Investment / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Public land lease / Social development / Sugar
- An Haya / Cambodian Center for Human Rights / CCHR / CCHR president Ou Virak / Community Legal Education Center / economic land concession / ELC / Khon Kaen / Khon Kaen Sugar / Koh Kong / Koh Kong Plantation / Koh Kong Sugar / Koh Kong Sugar Industries Co. Ltd. / Koh Kong sugar plantations / Land dispute / land eviction / London / Tate & Lyle / Thai / Thailand / Thailand's National Human Rights Commission / Thanakorn Borintarachat / The NGO Forum / U.K.
The Thai owners of a pair of sugar plantations in Koh Kong province accused of forcing hundreds of farmers off their land will give the land back if it can be proved that those evicted legally own the land, rights workers and a village representative ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/koh-kong-sugar-firm-makes-offer-to-return-disputed-land-18770/
Monitoring for Nothing: Is the ILO’s ‘Better Factories’ programme failing the Kingdom’s garment workers?
- 9 April 2013
- Southeast Asia Globe
- Economy and commerce / Human rights / Social development / Unions
- ACILS / American Centre for International labour Solidarity / Better Factories Cambodia / BFC / Cambodian-US free trade textile agreement / child labour / David Welsh / Garment Industry / Jill Tucker / Khmer Rouge Tribunal (KRT) / Monitoring in the Dark Report / Stanford University / UN / United Nations / United Nations in Cambodia / wages / worker rights / Worker Rights Consortium / WRC
The United Nations in Cambodia has taken a beating in recent months. The UN-backed Khmer Rouge tribunal has been plagued by high-profile resignations and accusations of political interference. Elsewhere human rights activists have criticised the UN’s failure to take a firm stance against an increasingly ...
Frédéric Janssens
http://sea-globe.com/monitoring-for-nothing/
Villagers getting ready for DM Group hearing
- 5 April 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Economic land concessions and plantations / Ethnic minorities and indigenous people / Human rights / Judiciary and courts / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Public land lease / Rubber / Social development
- Adhoc / Batang commune / Chhay Thy / DM Group / economic land concession / ELC / Investigating judge Loch Lao / Lumphat district / Ratanakkiri Province / Ratanakkiri provincial court / Rubber plantation / Tampuon / Tampuon ethnic minority / Tven Vev
The Ratanakkiri Provincial Court has issued letters to 11 ethnic Tampuon villagers from the province’s Lumphat district, instructing them to prepare for a hearing over accusations of using violence on the property of rubber company DM Group. DM Group first began setting up rubber plantations in ...
Hun Sen’s Land Titles Receive Rare Praise From Germany
- 4 April 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Community forest / Economic land concessions and plantations / Environment and natural resources / Environmental and biodiversity protection / Ethnic minorities and indigenous people / Forest classifications / Forests and forestry / Government / Human rights / International relations / Land / Land classifications / Land policy and administration / Land tenure and land titling / National parks and wildlife sanctuaries / Public land lease / Social development
- Adhoc / communal land tiles / Directive No.1 / Disputed Land / former timber concessions / Franz-Volker Muller / German aid / GIZ / Human Rights / Hun Sen / ILO / indigenous ethnic minorities / indigenous people / Indigenous Rights / International Labor Organization / Investment / land investment / Land Law 2001 / land tenure security / Land titles / land-titling project / land-titling scheme / Ministry of Land Management / mondolkiri / Mondolkiri Province / Mondulkiri / Mondulkiri Province / national elections / Nicolas Agostini / Noy Sry's village / Pen Bonnar / Prime Minister Hun Sen / Pursat / Pursat Province / Ratanakiri / Ratanakiri province / state forests / state public land / timber concessions / Veal Veng district / Washington / World Bank / World Bank Conference / World Bank’s annual conference on land and poverty
Since Prime Minister Hun Sen announced an ambitious new plan some 10 months ago to make nearly half a million families official land owners, hardly a week goes by that a rural community does not complain of local officials trying to scam the project. But when ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sens-land-titles-receive-rare-praise-from-germany-17312/