Call on the Human Rights Council Regarding Resolution on Deteriorating Human Rights Situation

Today, Civil Rights Defenders joins 11 international, regional, and Cambodian civil society organisations in a letter to permanent missions of Member and Observer States of the UN Human Rights Council, urging them to support the adoption of a resolution addressing Cambodia’s gravely deteriorating human rights situation at the 33rd session of the Council (13-30 September 2016).

Read the letter in full here: Call on the Human Rights Council to adopt a resolution addressing Cambodia’s gravely deteriorating human rights situation.

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