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Article

25 Sep 2012

Author:
Lawyers Rights Watch Canada, Asian Legal Resource Centre

CAMBODIA: LRWC [Lawyers Rights Watch Canada] and ALRC [Asian Legal Resource Centre] denounce attacks against HRDs [human rights defenders] and problems with judicial independence

Lawyers Rights Watch Canada and welcomes the report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia...Cambodian human rights defenders and journalists regularly experience judicial harassment and violence for upholding human rights, particularly in land rights cases...We applaud the Special Rapporteur's promotion of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, as business enterprises and authorities are frequently involved in human rights violations. This and other human rights education is crucial to ensure that public officials are aware of their obligation to encourage civil society human rights training efforts, rather than disrupting them as occurred on 26 July 2012, when armed officials interrupted land rights training of two human rights organizations.