COMFREL

Press Release Assessment on Fulfillment of Good Governance at Local Communes

The Committee for Free and Fair Elections in Cambodia (COMFREL) annually monitor voter registration and audits Voter List since 2016. For only voter registration, COMFREL has deployed its observers to conduct the observation at 13 provinces; for voter list audit, COMFREL examined the official voter list to indicate duplicated and ghost voter names to ensure the accuracy of data in voter list and also to point out challenges of the voter in the process of getting registration.

Committee for Free and Fair Elections in Cambodia (COMFREL) would like to invite and inform reporters of media outlet, representative of national and international non-governmental organizations, donors and concern stakeholders that COMFREL is to host Press Conference on “Observation Result of Voter Registration Monitoring and Voter List Audit in 2020”

As representative of civil society organisations working to promote women’s human rights and gender equality in Cambodia, We deeply concerned that several elements of the draft law appear to conflict with the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) commitments to gender equality and CEDAW, particularly as it criminalizes everyday activities of many women and girls, including activities related to the informal economic sector, which women rely on for their livelihoods.

Joint Press Release On Call for Acceleration and Opportunity for Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) to Continue Joining in the Process of Amendment to the Law on Associations and Non-Governmental Organizations (LANGO)

Drop All Charges Against Arrested Union Leader Rong Chhun

Today, on the fourth anniversary of the killing of prominent political commentator and
human rights defender Kem Ley, we, the 30 undersigned organizations, call on the
Cambodian authorities to create an independent Commission of Inquiry to conduct an
effective and impartial investigation that is long overdue into Kem Ley’s death. We
further urge Cambodian authorities to cease intimidation and harassment of persons
peacefully commemorating his passing.