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Letters about Cambodia
  • Open Letter to the Government of Cambodia

    In a joint letter to Cambodia’s prime minister and minister of health, more than 100 international HIV/AIDS and social justice organizations and experts call on the government to urgently address dangerous conditions in a de facto AIDS colony it has created at Tuol Sambo.

    Jul 27, 2009
  • Cambodia: Open Letter Regarding the Forced Eviction of Residents of Boeung Kak Lake in Phnom Penh Muncipality

    Government officials and company workers have threatened residents in and around Boeung Kak Lake and NGOs supporting them, when they have campaigned against the filling of the lake and imminent eviction.

    Dec 4, 2008
  • Letter to Japan Foreign Minister Koumura

    Human Rights Watch sent this letter to Japan's Foreign Minister, Mr. Masahiko Koumura, regarding the January 16, 2008, Japan-Mekong Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Tokyo.

    Jan 14, 2008
  • Letter to ASEAN Secretary General Ong Keng Yong

    Human Rights Watch wrote a letter to ASEAN Secretary General Ong Keng Yong urging him and other ASEAN Foreign Ministers to establish specific deadlines for implementing a binding human rights mechanism as part of the new Charter.

    Nov 14, 2007
  • Extraordinary Chambers of the Courts of Cambodia

    Human Rights Watch respectfully submits comments on three areas of the ECCC Draft Internal Rules. We hope that our views may assist in revising the rules in such a way that they will conform more closely to international fair trial standards.

    Nov 17, 2006
  • Letter to Cambodia's Donors Regarding Benchmarks for International Assistance

    Recent events have demonstrated that the Government of Cambodia has yet to make a genuine commitment to good governance, human rights, the rule of law, and political pluralism. The arrests and imprisonment of government critics, attempts to weaken and silence civil society and the main opposition party, and the continuing pillaging of Cambodia’s land and natural resources all fly in the face of commitments the government has made over many years to the Cambodian people and donors alike.

    Feb 21, 2006