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Cambodia: Joint Open Letter to Foreign Governments

21 July 2020 Your excellency, We, the undersigned 33 civil society organizations, urge the Governments of Australia, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, India, Japan, New Zealand, Sweden, the Netherlands, the Republic of Korea, the United Kingdom, and…
Communities reiterate their calls for adequate housing rights and an end to land conflicts on World Habitat Day in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, October 5, 2015.
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Joint Letter to Prime Minister Hun Sen

Prime Minister Samdech Hun Sen Government Peace Building, No. 38 Confederation Russia Blvd (110) Phnom Penh Cambodia   December 18, 2019   Re: Cambodia’s Law on Trade Unions and Cases…
Cambodian workers gather to mark May Day at Tonle Sap river bank, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Wednesday, May 1, 2019. Some hundreds of workers staged a rally, demanding a better working condition
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Combating Sexual Harassment in the Garment Industry

  Sexual Harassment in Garment Factories Eleven women garment workers from a factory in southern India sent a hand-written letter to a local union in late 2016.[1] They wrote: “The plight of women workers … we don’t have anyone who would…
Women Garment Industry
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Letter to Prime Minister Hun Sen

H.E. Hun Sen Prime Minister Royal Government of Cambodia Phnom Penh, Cambodia March 17, 2015 Re: Human Rights Watch’s Cambodian Garment Workers Report Dear Prime Minister Hun Sen, We are writing in response to the public statement issued by the Ministry…
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Cambodia: Stop Stalling Union Registrations

Letter to His Excellency Ith Sam Heng

April 29, 2014 H.E. Ith Sam HengMinister of Labor and Vocational TrainingMinistry of Labor and Vocational TrainingRoyal Government of CambodiaPhnom Penh, CambodiaVia fax: +85523881943 Re: Decline in union registration and proposed revision of Prakas 21…
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Peru: Adopt a National Technical Guide on Legal Abortion

Letter to Señora Magister Midori Musme Cristina De Habich

Señora Magister Midori Musme Cristina De Habich Ministerio de Salud (MINSA) April 11, 2014 H.E. Minister De Habich: We write to welcome your recent statements to Congress and to the press that the ministry will adopt…
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Cowering From Colombia’s Violence

As Women Flee Violence in Rural Areas, Cities Offer No Safe Haven

I sat down with Mercedes on a sleepy afternoon in Medellin, Colombia. She was nervous. I was exhausted. Mercedes was my 60th interview with women and girls in Colombia – all of whom survived sexual or family violence, and all of whom had fled their close-…
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Violence Against Cambodia’s Sex Workers

As told by Elaine Pearson Large bruises were still visible on Nika's face and body. The week before, she had been brutally beaten by municipal security guards in a public park. She had been talking on her cell phone and didn't hear them when they told…
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Letter to Nigerian President Obasanjo Ahead of Commonwealth Summit

Dear President Obasanjo, Human Rights Watch is writing to you as host of the forthcoming Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting to outline a number of issues which we believe Commonwealth leaders should address when they meet in Abuja next week. In…

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