Cambodia’s 1991 Paris Peace Agreements: Thirty years of contested commemoration
There are two most contested commemorations in Cambodia’s modern history: Vietnam’s removal of the Khmer Rouge from power in 1979, and the peace agreements in 1991. Both historic events marked a...
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Hydro-power projects and cultural rights for Bunong communities in Cambodia
It has been a long-term concern for many researchers and practitioners in the development sector that the basic rights of social minorities in Cambodia have been suppressed in the contemporary...
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Unsettled Frontiers: The author’s account
Sango Mahanty. Unsettled Frontiers: Market Formation in the Cambodia-Vietnam Borderlands. Ithaca: Cornell, 2022 Cover of “Unsettled Frontiers: market formation in the Cambodia-Vietnam borderlands”...
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Cambodian CSOs: constraints and opportunities in local governance
Civil society organisations (CSOs) enjoyed the large inflow of foreign aid that flooded into Cambodia after the 1991 Paris Peace Agreement (PPA). But when a controversial Law on Associations and...
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Rethinking self-censorship in Southeast Asia’s media landscape
*This article is based on a section in Rethinking Media Freedom and Independence: Narratives from Southeast Asia, a research report authored by Fadhilah Primandari, Samira Hassan and Sahnaz Melasandy...
View ArticleNo protection, more repression: freedom of expression in Southeast Asia
Years since the killing of prominent human rights defenders and political commentators; the judiciaries of Indonesia, Cambodia, and the Philippines still have failed to take any concrete actions to...
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“Human dignity” as a tool for human rights education in Cambodian law schools
Human dignity is often framed as a foundational human rights concept; yet, despite its centrality to international human rights and development frameworks, the boundaries of its meaning remain...
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Campaigns, criminalisation and concessions: indigenous land rights in Cambodia
In Cambodia, the violation of the land rights of indigenous peoples who have lived for thousands of years in their ancestral forests continues unabated. The problem remains pervasive while the...
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Civil society in the Mekong: What can we learn from environmental struggles?
Recently, a group of advocates, NGO workers and scholars working in the Mekong region gathered to discuss the far-reaching and compounding impacts of hydropower dams on regional environments and...
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Buddhism and peace-building in Samlot District’s Kampong Lapov
Studies on Cambodian post-conflict peacemaking efforts by international communities and state-centric institutional support have been extensive. However, local peacebuilding efforts at a community...
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