PhnomPenhPost-Aug 15, 2022
Senior Cambodian officials said the Kingdom is happy to welcome the visit of UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in Cambodia Vitit Muntarbhorn, whose recommendations will be considered based on the actual situation on the ground. According to the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Vitit will pay an 11-day visit to Cambodia from August 15. The visit will enable him to assess the situation of human rights in the country and the government’s efforts towards creating an enabling environment for the enjoyment of all human rights – including political, civil, social and cultural rights – following the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic. OHCHR said Vitit will hold many meetings across the country, meeting with national and sub-national officials, international and local civil society representatives, among others, during his visit. Ny Sokha, president of rights group ADHOC, said on August 14 that his NGO and other civil society organizations working in the field will meet with Vitit to discuss the situation of human rights in Cambodia and its latest developments, as well as the current political situation. He claimed that human rights and the political atmosphere in Cambodia had backslid ahead of next year’s national election, and that this would be raised with the UN rapporteur. Read more at: https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/un-rapporteur-11-day-visit-assess-human-rights
