Impunity tops agenda for special rapporteur

2 December 2014
The Phnom Penh Post
Aid and development / Civil society / Human rights / Multilateral development assistance / Social development / United Nations
International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) / Michel Forst / UN Human Rights Council

A UN special rapporteur will take the cause of Cambodia’s land-eviction battles and the abuses faced by those waging them to the UN Human Rights Council, according to a report released today. Michel Forst, the special rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, will file a report with the UN body focusing on the impunity enjoyed by intimidators who silence land protesters and associated rights workers. … FIDH consists of 178 rights organisations. Locally, Adhoc, the Cambodian Center for Human Rights and Licadho contributed to the report, which highlights incidents where Cambodia’s authorities have failed to find justice for activists.

 Shane Worrell
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