មន្ត្រីមួយរូបបាននិយាយកាលពីថ្ងៃអង្គារថា មណ្ឌលកុមារកំព្រាជិតពាក់កណ្តាលនៅក្នុងប្រទេសកម្ពុជាខកខានមិនបានចុះឈ្មោះជាមួយរដ្ឋាភិបាល ដោយបណ្តាលឲ្យមានការពន្យារការប៉ុនប៉ងកែទម្រង់វិស័យផ្តល់កន្លែងស្នាក់នៅដល់កុមារដ៏រឹងរូស។ ...

មន្រ្តីពីក្រសួងសង្គមកិច្ច និងក្រសួងរៀបចំដែនដី នគរូបនីយកម្ម និងសំណង់បានជួបជាមួយក្រុមប្រឹក្សាសកម្មភាពជនពិការកាលពីថ្ងៃចន្ទដើម្បីពិភាក្សាការចេញប្រកាសមួយដើម្បីកំណត់ស្តង់ដារសម្រាប់លទ្ធភាពរបស់ជនពិការក្នុងការចូលទៅអគារសាធារណៈ។ នេះបើតាមហ្វេសប៊ុករបស់ក្រុមប្រឹក្សាសកម្មភាពជនពិការ។ ...

​ក្រសួង​សង្គមកិច្ច​ បាន​សម្រេចចិត្ត​ថា​នឹង​សមាហរណកម្ម​កុមារ​ជាង​ ៣,០០០​ នាក់​ពី​មណ្ឌល​ទៅ​កាន់​គ្រួសារ​របស់​ពួក​គេ​វិញ​ បន្ទាប់​ពី​បាន​រក​ឃើញ​ថា​ ស្ថានភាព​មិនល្អ​នានា​នៃ​មណ្ឌល​មើលថែ​ទាំ​កុមារ​ ហើយ​កន្លែង​ខ្លះ​ត្រូវ​បាន​រាយការណ៍​ថា​ មានការ​បំពាន​ផ្លូវភេទ ...

ក្រសួងសង្គមកិច្ចបាននិយាយថា និយោជកទាំងវិស័យសាធារណៈ និងឯកជន ដែលមិនបំពេញកាតព្វកិច្ចរបស់ខ្លួនក្នុងការទទួលយកជនពិការត្រូវប្រឈមនឹងការពិន័យជាសាច់ប្រាក់។ លោក សែម សុខា រដ្ឋលេខាធិការក្រសួងសង្គមកិច្ចបានថ្លែងកាលពីម្សិលមិញថា នេះជាលើកទី ១ ហើយដែលរដ្ឋាភិបាលបានរៀបចំការណែនាំស្តីពីការជួលជនពិការ។ ...

A coalition of women’s groups have lashed out at Malaysia for continuing to endorse a “public morality” clause in the draft ASEAN Declaration on Human Rights. They claim the clause is subjective and discriminates against women and sexual minorities and should be ditched. Currently being drafted by ...

Less than a month before Asean heads of state are expected to approve the first-ever human rights declaration for the regional group, Cambodian and Indonesian NGOs yesterday urged member states to give their organizations a larger roLe in the process. In the works for more than ...

One hundred and thirty-five ethnic Kouy families from the Brame, Srae Preang and Bos Tom villages in Preah Vihear’s Tbeng Meanchey district gathered on Saturday and yesterday to protest the Lan Feng Company’s alleged bulldozing of their farmland. ...

The Ratanakkiri Provincial Court has summoned for questioning two human rights workers who have lodged court complaints against local officials for disrupting their land-rights workshop in July. Pen Bonnar, provincial coordinator for Adhoc, and Chhim Savuth, a project coordinator for the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR), filed ...

Further comprehensive economic co-operation and expansion among ASEAN’s member states, East Asia and its development partners was imperative for managing risks and impacts from the fragile global economy, Prime Minister and ASEAN chairman Hun Sen said during the ASEAN Global Dialogue yesterday. The dialogue brought together ...

The government’s Human Rights Committee has visited villagers in a long-running land dispute in Battambang province to find out whether members of their community have been unfairly imprisoned in recent years for land encroachment, local authorities and villagers said yesterday. Officials from committee, which is headed ...

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court has accused the well-known monk and human rights advocate Loun Sovath of incitement for unspecified actions committed in Cambodia and abroad, according to court documents obtained Friday. The court documents, signed by Investigating Judge Duch Kim on Feb. 14, were sent ...

Senor members of the monastic community yesterday detained Buddhist monk Loun Savath, an award-winning human rights activist, after he took photos of protesting Boeung Kak lake villagers outside Phnom Penh municipal court. Monks, police and unidentified men in plain clothes violently forced Loun Savath into a ...

Hundreds of indigenous people called on government to pick up the pace in granting them communal land titles at a ceremony marking the U.N.-sponsored International Day of the World’s Indigenous People in Kompong Thom province yesterday. “The gathering today is to mark the 8th anniversary of Indigenous Day ...

Three ethnic Bunong communities in Mondolkiri province may soon receive long-awaited collective property titles, which would bring to six the total number of communal land titles granted to the country’s indigenous people since the Land Law was created in 2011. And while the possible issuing of the three ...

Until the arrival of large-scale development around her home in the northeastern province of Ratanakkiri, Sav Samourn, a member of the ethnic Jarai minority, was frightened of wild animals and ghosts. But as trees disappeared and industrial machinery razed the forestland, the old fears fell away. ...

Government officials have suggested the widow of the man crushed to death last month at the Wing Star Shoes factory, a supplier to Asics, will still be denied compensation from the National Social Security Fund (NSSF), a labour rights worker said yesterday. American Center for International ...

Local authorities met with Boeung Kak community members yesterday to register villagers left out of the oft-criticised resettlement scheme as a first step to providing them with titles and onsite housing. More than 10 officials including police, commune and village chief, as well as representatives of ...

Fifty Tampuon ethnic minority families protested yesterday in front of the Soeung Commune Hall in Bakeo district against their commune chief, who they allege sold land that belonged to the Ratanakkiri community. In a complaint filed to rights group Adhoc yesterday, the families claim that commune ...

U.N. human rights envoy Surya Subedi met with a senior official at the Ministry of Justice on Wednesday and reiterated a call for new legislation to be passed on governing Cambodia’s judiciary. “He did not ask us much on anything new, but he did ask for ...

Young Cambodians will now learn about tourism in grades 11 and 12, according to the new curriculum for public education that was launched yesterday. The development is aimed at enhancing quality in the tourism sector, officials said during a press conference. The new curriculum covers the ...