About 200 farmers protested in front of the Ministry of Agriculture on Friday and submitted a petition requesting changes to a draft law on the management of agricultural land, which rights groups have said could effectively legalize land grabs from poor farmers. The government says the ...

Fifteen villagers representing 18 families from Kratie province involved in an ongoing dispute with the Sovan Vuthy Rubber Company yesterday submitted a petition to the Ministry of Land Management calling for intervention after the company allegedly cleared their farmLand. The families say they have lived ...

The battle for Phnom Penh at Sunday’s national election will be fought out with the years-long Boeung Kak land dispute still unresolved, after the city’s governor announced yesterday a solution would be found only after the ballot, villagers said. Phnom Penh Governor Pa Socheatvong, who in ...

About 30 former residents of the Boeng Kak community submitted a petition on Friday morning to the World Bank office and several embassies in Phnom Penh, calling for a halt to all funding for longtime anti-eviction protesters from the Boeng Kak area. The Boeng Kak counter-protesters ...

មន្ត្រី​ជាន់ខ្ពស់​ក្រសួង​កសិកម្ម​បាន​អះអាង​កាលពី​សប្តាហ៍​មុន​ថា ក្រសួង​ទទួលបាន​ដំណឹង​អំពី​ការដោះដូរ​ដី​មន្ទីរ​កសិកម្ម​ខេត្ដ​កំពង់ស្ពឺ​ជាង​ ១០ ​ហិកតា​ ជាមួយ​ក្រុមហ៊ុន​ឯកជន ប៉ុន្ដែ​មិនទាន់​ទទួល​បាន​ព័ត៌មាន​លម្អិត​ទេ ដោយ​បច្ចុប្បន្ន​កំពុង​បន្ដ​ស្រាវជ្រាវ​លើ​រឿងនេះ​។ ទោះបី​យ៉ាង​ណា​អាជ្ញាធរ​ពាក់ព័ន្ធ​ថា​ខ្លួន​មិនបាន ...

នៅក្នុងឆ្នាំ ២០០៧ ប៉ូលីស និងក្រុមមន្រ្តីយោធាបានប្រើអំពើហិង្សាបណ្តេញប្រជាពលរដ្ឋរស់នៅក្នុងភូមិស្ពានឆេះ ដែលស្ថិតនៅភាគខាងត្បូងនៃក្រុងព្រះសីហនុ  ប្រមាណជាង ១០០គ្រួសារចេញពីផ្ទះរបស់ពួកគេ។ ក្រុមគ្រួសារជាច្រើនក្នុងចំនោមក្រុមគ្រួសាររងគ្រោះទាំងនោះ បានធ្វើជម្រកបណ្តោះអាសន្នអំពីឈើ បាតង់ និងស័ង្កសី នៅលើផ្លូវនៅពីក្រោយឆ្នេរអូរត្រេះ។ អស់រយៈពេលប្រមាណប្រាំបួនឆ្នាំមកហើយ ទោះបីជាមានការផ្តល់ជូនដីថ្មីពីរដ្ឋាភិបាល អ្នកភូមិប្រហែល ៦០ គ្រួសារនៅតែកំពុងបន្តរស់នៅក្នុងតំបន់ដីចំណីផ្លូវនោះ។ ...

ពលរដ្ឋ ៨២ គ្រួសាររស់នៅឃុំស្ពានត្នោត ស្រុកជីក្រែងត្រូវបានសាលាដំបូងខេត្តសៀមរាបសម្រេចប្រគល់ដី ៣០៥ ហិកតាបន្ទាប់ពីពួកគេមានជម្លោះដីធ្លីជាមួយអាជ្ញាធរជាង ៥ ឆ្នាំមកហើយ។ កាលពីម្សិលមិញនៅសាលាឃុំស្ពានមានការប្រកាសមួយពីមេធាវីខាងពលរដ្ឋថាសាលាដំបូងខេត្តសៀមរាបបានសម្រេចលុបចោលដីការក្សាការពារដីស្រែប្រាំងនៅតំបន់ទន្លេសាបចំនួន ៣០៥ ហិកតានៅឃុំស្ពានត្នោត ស្រុកជីក្រែងប្រគល់ជូនពលរដ្ឋ ៨២ គ្រួសារនៅភាគខាងកើតពីទីរួមខេត្តសៀមរាបអាចចូលទៅធ្វើស្រែចិញ្ចឹមជីវិតវិញក្រោយពីពួកគាត់បានខកខានជាច្រើនឆ្នាំក្នុងការធ្វើស្រែនៅរដូវប្រាំង។ ...

​តំណាង​ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋ​ជាង​ ១.០០០​ គ្រួសារ​មក​ពី​ឃុំ​ព្រែក​ស្លែង​ ស្រុក​កណ្តាលស្ទឹង​ ខេត្តកណ្តាល​បាន​ទៅ​សាលាឃុំ​ និង​សាលាស្រុក​កាលពី​ម្សិលមិញ​ដើម្បី​ស្នើ​សុំ​ឱ្យ​អាជ្ញាធរ​ដោះស្រាយ​វិវាទ​ដីធ្លី​ជាមួយ​ក្រុមហ៊ុន​ ហេង​ អភិវឌ្ឍន៍​។​ ​ ...

(English) Land transfers in Cambodia assume a variety of forms involving both public and private entities. The right to transfer property to another and to be protected from forced transfer is essential to Land tenure security. Land transfer capacity is a source of value for ...

(English) Rights to private land ownership were guaranteed in the 1993 Constitution and formally established by the 2001 land Law. Despite an established legal framework to protect private property rights, those rights are often insecure for many. ...

(English) Though there are multiple forms of communal property, the rights associated with indigenous communal property are subject to significant legal and socio-economic issues. Indigenous communities are culturally very different from the rest of Cambodia, and the law provides them with the opportunity to obtain ...

​ក្រុមហ៊ុន​អភិវឌ្ឍន៍​រាម​ ស្ថិត​ក្នុង​ចំណោម​អ្នក​ទទួលផល​ចុង​ក្រោយ​នៃ​ការ​ធ្វើ​ឯកជន​ភាវូបនីយកម្ម​ដីធ្លី​ ហើយ​កិច្ចព្រមព្រៀង​របស់​រដ្ឋ​ជាមួយ​អ្នក​អភិវឌ្ឍន៍​ត្រូវ​បាន​បង្ហាញ​នៅ​ក្នុង​ឯកសារ​ផ្លូវការ​។​ ​ ...

Marking another milestone in the years-long struggle between the government and the families of Phnom Penh’s Boeng Kak lake community, Phnom Penh Governor Kep Chuktema handed out 254 land titles to lakeside residents at City Hall on Saturday. But with the government shrouding the titling process ...

In what is becoming an increasingly popular – and coordinated – protest tactic among Phnom Penh’s dispossessed, several women took off their shirts and bras during a demonstration over land rights that briefly turned violent near the World Bank yesterday. About 100 protesters, most of them ...

60 villagers in Svay Rieng province demonstrated to prevent the Mittapheap Rubber Company from moving its machinery into the area. The company has plans to clear 500 hectares of land in what the villagers claim is their protected community forest. Adhoc is investigating the claims ...

Following a dip in 2009, new land disputes increased last year by more than 50 percent to 28, while the total number of ongoing cases is now 282, according to a report released yesterday by the NGO Forum. Culled from media and field reports, each recorded ...

Roughly 100 villagers were allegedly threatened by soldiers brandishing AK-47s yesterday, while attempting to block a company from bulldozing their farms in Kratie province’s Snuol district. Soun Vicheka, a representative of 136 families in Snuol commune’s Krasaing village, said villagers formed a human chain to prevent  Horizon ...

With national elections less than a year away, ruling party officials have begun a publicity campaign to show they are tackling tough issues facing the country, such as border delineation and land grabs, but opposition leaders say the Cambodian People’s Party cannot claim it has ...

A week after Prime Minister Hun Sen announced that he would be cancelling an unknown number of economic land concessions in Prey Lang forest, activists called for details on the annulled concessions, saying such revocations would be meaningless unless they could be policed. On September ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen on Saturday accused unnamed individuals of attempting to grab land in Kompong Thom province by invoking his wife’s name and ordered one of his sons to investigate and give back any misappropriated land. According to Mr. Hun Sen, unscrupulous individuals were ...