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UN envoy meets with rights workers
The U.N.’s human rights envoy to Cambodia met with local rights advocates on Monday as she began her second fact-finding mission to the country, one of the meeting’s attendees said. ...
George Wright
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/un-envoy-meets-with-rights-workers-110243/
Cambodia: UN rights expert launches fact-finding mission on women and indigenous peoples
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia today announced she will be visiting the country Monday to assess the enjoyment of rights by women and indigenous peoples in the country. ...
UN team
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=53477#.VuvB3ua6OLo
Cambodia reaching 'dangerous tipping point': UN expert
Cambodia’s increasingly fractious political situation is pushing the country towards a “dangerous tipping point”, the UN rights envoy to the kingdom said on Tuesday (Nov 24).The country has been plunged into a bitter political crisis after an arrest warrant was issued for Sam Rainsy, Cambodia’s ...
AFP News Staff
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/cambodia-reaching/2290622.html
UN envoy makes first address to rights council in Geneva
Rhona Smith, the U.N.’s new special rapporteur on human rights in Cambodia, on Tuesday addressed the U.N. Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva for the first time, telling the body that she planned to focus on marginalized people in the country. ...
Anthony Jensen
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/un-envoy-makes-first-address-to-rights-council-in-geneva-95957/
UN calls on Cambodia to address land and labor disputes
Cambodia’s rapid economic growth over the past decade has also intensified problems such as forced evictions and land grabs. The UN’s envoy to the country has called on the government to urgently tackle the issues. ...
Srinivas Mazumdaru
http://www.dw.com/en/un-calls-on-cambodia-to-address-land-and-labor-disputes/a-18741822
New UN envoy wraps up first mission to Cambodia with call for judicial reform
The new United Nations envoy to Cambodia concluded her first official visit to the country Thursday by calling on Prime Minister Hun Sen’s government to ensure the independence of the judiciary amid a host of land and labor disputes she said are encroaching on the ...
Yeang Socheametta
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/envoy-09242015151717.html
Kem Sokha meets new UN special rapporteur
Vice president of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) Kem Sokha held talk with visiting new UN Human Right Envoy Rhona Smith at the National Assembly today. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/kem-sokha-meets-new-un-special-rapporteur-8982
Prime Minister Hun Sen to met U.N special rapporteur next Monday
Prime Minister Hun Sen will meet with the current United Nations Special Rapporteur Rhona Smith at Peace Palace on September 21, 2015. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/prime-minister-hun-sen-to-met-un-special-rapporteur-next-monday-8969
As UN envoy arrives, rights defenders question sway
As Rhona Smith, the U.N.’s new special rapporteur on human rights in Cambodia, began her first official visit to the country Wednesday, leading human rights activists were at odds over how much her position could influence the situation on the ground. ...
Anthony Jensen
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/as-un-envoy-arrives-rights-defenders-question-sway-94474/
Another UN rights envoy arrives
The new Special Rapporteur on Human Rights for the United Nations in Cambodia, Rhona Smith, will touch down in Cambodia for the first time today and will stay until the 24th. Ms. Smith will examine the human rights situation in here and report her findings ...
Srey Kumneth
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/15761/another-un-rights-envoy-arrives/
U.N.’s new rights envoy to make official visit to Cambodia tomorrow
The U.N.’s new special rapporteur on human rights in Cambodia, Rhona Smith will make her first official visit eight-day in Cambodia. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/un%E2%80%99s-new-rights-envoy-to-make-official-visit-to-cambodia-tomorrow-8955
UN rights envoy to make first official visit
More than five months after being appointed as the U.N.’s new special rapporteur on human rights in Cambodia, Rhona Smith will make her first official visit to the country later this month, according to the government’s Human Rights Committee. ...
Kuch Naren and Colin Meyn
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/un-rights-envoy-to-make-first-official-visit-93512/
UN approves new human rights envoy to Cambodia
As anticipated, the U.N. Human Rights Council on Friday approved U.K. professor Rhona Smith as the new special rapporteur to Cambodia on human rights, replacing Surya Subedi, whose six-year term ends this month. ...
Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/un-approves-new-human-rights-envoy-to-cambodia-80977/
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