Gov’t pares UN rights recommendations
Cambodia has drastically reduced the amount of human rights recommendations it will implement as part of the United Nations’ Universal Periodic Review, saying they were overly repetitive. … While Cambodia was criticised for deferring recommendations, which dealt with issues such as freedom of expression and the right to assembly, the government said it was now regrouping the recommendations due to their repetitiveness. … The UN and the Cambodian government appeared to differ in their views of what constituted violations, however, with Sambath saying thorny issues like land disputes and protests had to be dealt with strictly according to Cambodian law. …
Charles Rollet
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