UN Envoy Surya Subedi (Photo: The Phnom Penh Post)Thursday, 30 September 2010
Sebastian Strangio
The Phnom Penh Post
He also criticised the conviction last week of opposition leader Sam Rainsy, who was sentenced to 10 years in prison for falsifying maps and spreading disinformation. Subedi urged that any appeal in Sam Rainsy’s case be conducted with “utmost attention to due process and the principles of a fair trial”.
THE United Nation’s rights envoy to Cambodia appeared at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on Tuesday to present a yearly report on the state of human rights in the Kingdom.
Land rights, freedom of expression and the state of the courts dominated the address given by Surya Subedi, the UN’s special rapporteur for human rights in Cambodia, who said that despite “noteworthy progress” in certain areas, the country still has a long way to go to meet international standards.
“Cambodia has established institutions to promote and protect human rights, but violations of human rights continue to take place,” he said.
“I also am concerned about the narrowing of political space in the country for people belonging to the opposition political parties and other political activists.”
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Land rights, freedom of expression and the state of the courts dominated the address given by Surya Subedi, the UN’s special rapporteur for human rights in Cambodia, who said that despite “noteworthy progress” in certain areas, the country still has a long way to go to meet international standards.
“Cambodia has established institutions to promote and protect human rights, but violations of human rights continue to take place,” he said.
“I also am concerned about the narrowing of political space in the country for people belonging to the opposition political parties and other political activists.”
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