The United Nations Human Rights Commission in Cambodia (OHCHR)...released an analysis of the contentious draft trade union law finding key clauses to be in violation of existing Cambodian law, human rights norms and the ILO’s conventions.

The report, which evaluated more than 80 articles in the draft, found that sections related to the scope of the proposed law, financial reporting requirements and criteria for electing union leaders, could be viewed as government intervention and discriminatory in light of the various laws and international norms to which Cambodia is a signatory...