UN urges Cambodia to hold companies to account over land disputes
Companies that have seized land, confiscated livestock and destroyed homes and property have gone unpunished, the UN special rapporteur for Cambodia has said. Surya Subedi, professor of international law at Leeds University, said all the communities he had met raised the issue of misconduct by concession companies or their subcontractors, as did written submissions. “In some cases the authorities have held the companies to account for their actions,” Subedi said in a preliminary assessment after a recent eight-day visit. “One example is the shooting incident at the TTY concession in Kratie province this year. However, in many cases, there remains impunity for violations committed by the companies.”…
http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/2012/may/14/un-cambodia-companies-land-disputes
