NGOs see gap in rights record
A group of NGOs condemned rampant abuses of sexual and reproductive health rights in Cambodia last week, just days before the government submitted a human rights progress report to the United Nations.
The Cambodian Center for Human Rights, in cooperation with the Asia Pacific Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS and the Sexual Right Initiative, made public on Thursday a joint statement sent to the United Nations Periodic Review as an addendum to the human rights record submitted by the government yesterday. …
None of the 91 recommendations accepted by Cambodia during the last review addressed sexual and reproductive health rights or gender discrimination. …
According to the report, health centres are chronically understaffed and under-funded, with only 43 per cent meeting minimum operational guidelines. …
The Ministry of Education, which was criticised in the report for failing to successfully implement comprehensive sexual education, defended its position. …
Laignee Barron
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