GENEVA (4 December 2023) – The UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Cambodia, Vitit Muntarbhorn, will conduct an official visit to Cambodia from 4 to 8 December 2023. The independent...

MORNING 13 October 2023 Council Elects Seven Members of the Advisory Committee and Appoints 12 Mandate Holders The Human Rights Council this morning adopted two resolutions, extending the mandate of...

AFTERNOON 9 October 2023 Council Concludes Enhanced Dialogue on the Situation of Human Rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo The Human Rights Council this afternoon held an interactive...

GENEVA (9 October 2023) – A UN expert today called for structural reforms in Cambodia following a “restricted” general election in July, and said a planned hereditary succession to power raised...

The present report is submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 48/23. It outlines the role and achievements of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Cambodia from 1 June 2022 to 31 May 2023.

GENEVA (2 August 2023) – A range of serious human rights violations and severe restrictions on civic and political space affected the credibility of Cambodia’s national elections on 23 July, UN...

Geneva (26 July 2023) - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has expressed regret that the Cambodian general elections held on 23 July were conducted in a severely restricted space that...

This is the third report submitted by Vitit Muntarbhorn, holder of the mandate of Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia. The theme of the present report is “Electoral vibrations and generational reverberations”.

GENEVA (27 June 2023) – The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) found that Cambodia’s lack of action to protect a rural woman rights defender from forced eviction...

UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk today urged the Cambodian Government to act swiftly to enable and protect a conducive environment for a free and fair general election next month, saying he was...