Social development

On 12 December 2022, the Ratanakiri Provincial Governor issued a notification on demarcation, measurement, and judgment of indigenous communal land.Demarcation, measurement, and judgment of Kreung indigenous communal land in Svay village, Poy commune, O’Chum district, Ratanakiri province will take place from 19 December 2022 to ...

On 12 December 2022, CamboJA released a press release on Cambodia: six Southeast Asian journalist organizations collaborate to safeguard of press freedom.Six organizations from Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Cambodia and Timor Leste formed a regional collaboration as a joint response to the deteriorating press freedom ...

On 17th November 2022, LICADHA issued a joint statement on AIIB loans to Cambodian microlenders risk worsening a human rights crisis.We, the undersigned civil society organisations in Southeast Asia and Europe, decry the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank’s (AIIB) approval of US$175 million in financing to ...

On 14th November 2022, CamboJA issued a press release on VOD, VOA journalists denied access to Hun Sen’s press conference.We, the undersigned journalists’ organizations, are calling on the Ministry of Information to clarify why journalists from news outlets VOD and VOA were denied access to ...

On 02 November 2022, the Cambodian Journalists Alliance Association (CamboJA) and 31 other civil society members released a Joint Statement on International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists to call on Cambodian authorities to prosecute crimes committed against journalists and to stop committing ...

On 20 October 2022, the Ministry of Interior notified local and foreign associations, non-governmental organizations, and the national and international public that the government working group on Civil Society Organization’s facilitation and requests would hold the 2nd meeting with the CSOs. The purpose of the ...

On 16 October 2022, the Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, and UNESCO released a Press Release​ on the launching of four new learning centers for the Basic Education Equivalency Programme (BEEP) which will take place on 19 ...

On the occasion of the 37th World Habitat Day, October 3, 2022, civil society groups expressed concern and requested the Royal Government of Cambodia to push for an appropriate solution to end the long-running land dispute between OCIC and landowners in the development area of ...

On 03 October 2022, the Ministry of Health has posted an announcement on the adjustment of health measures for foreign travelers on their official social media site. Starting from the announcement date, the Ministry of Health has decided to remove health measures that require all foreign ...

On 16 September 2022, the Association of Banks in Cambodia and Cambodia Microfinance Association issue a joint statement on a study entitled “Micro” Finance in Cambodia: Development, Challenges, and Recommendations commissioned by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). ...

On 17 September 2022, Australian Embassy Phnom Penh issued a media release on Cambodia – Australia partnership for resilient economic development. CAP-RED is a five-year partnership that is built on more than a decade of Australia’s support to Cambodian agriculture and infrastructure through the now ...

On 14 September 2022, the Cambodia League For the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (LICADHO) released a joint press on a study commissioned by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) provides further evidence of widespread over-indebtedness in Cambodia, resulting in an ...

On 08 September 2022, Cambodia Indigenous Peoples Alliance (CIPA) issued a joint statement of the indigenous peoples in Cambodia on input in the draft amendments Law on Protected Area and Law on Forestry. On 15-16 August 2022, indigenous peoples held a consultative workshop to collect input ...

On 12 September 2022, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports issued an announcement on the temporary suspension of public and private educational institutions at all levels in Phnom Penh.According to the announcement, the suspension of public schools was made in order to reduce traffic ...

On 07 September 2022, Cambodia Indigenous Peoples Alliance (CIPA) issued a notice on press conference on amending the Protected Area Law and Forest Law affecting indigenous communities.Cambodia Indigenous Peoples Alliance (CIPA) will hold a press conference on the results of the amendment of the protected ...

On 1 September 2022, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport issued a joint press release on participation in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), a significant step toward understanding student learning outcomes and strengthening post-COVID recovery efforts. This is the first time Cambodia ...

On 26 August 2022, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation issued a press statement of the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Kingdom of Cambodia responding to the end of mission statement of Prof. Vitit Muntarbhorn.The spokesperson ...

On 19 August 2022, forty organizations undersigned press freedom, human rights, and civil society groups released a joint statement to condemn the recent violence, arbitrary detention, and intimidation of five journalists and four activists by officers from the prime minister’s bodyguard unit (BHQ) in Phnom ...

On 24 August 2022, the Ministry of Education Youth and Sports has posted an announcement on the delay of the higher secondary diploma examination on its social media site. According to the announcement, the proposed date for the upcoming higher secondary diploma examination was on 14 ...

On August 9, 2022, the Cambodia Indigenous Peoples Alliance (CIPA) issued a joint statement on the Role of Indigenous Women in the Preservation and Transmission of Traditional Knowledge to Celebrate the 28th World Indigenous Peoples’ Day and 18th in Cambodia. This statement highlights the attention ...

On 05 August 2022, the Cambodia Indigenous Peoples Alliance issued an announcement on celebration of the International Day of the World Indigenous Peoples and the launch of the report on gender-based violence against indigenous women in three provinces of Cambodia.The Cambodia Indigenous Peoples Alliance organized ...

On 24 July 2022, the Ministry of Health has posted an Instruction to remind on the measure to prevent the spread of Monkeypox on its official social media site.As the World Health Organization declared the Monkeypox outbreak a global health emergency, the Ministry of Health ...

On 20 July 2022, Cambodian Human Rights Action Committee issued an immediate release on CHRAC and ADHOC to organize national workshop to build a common understanding and uphold the right to association in Cambodia.A National Workshop on the Right to Association and Law on Associations ...

On 12 July 2022, the Ministry of Health has posted an instruction on the reminder to prevent the transmission of COVID-19 on its official social media site. Following the rise of COVID-19 positive cases in Cambodia and the discovery of the new COVID-19 strain BA.4 and ...