Cambodia UPR Session airing right here

11 May 2024 at 11:00 am EST

How to watch the UN Cambodia Universal Periodic Review (UPR46)

There are two ways to watch the Cambodia UPR review session which can be found right below. No registration is required. Virtual sessions will be available indefinitely to view after it has been broadcast.

Official UN Broadcast

Wednesday, 8 May 2024, at 3:00 AM EST

Cambodia’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) session, taking place before the United Nations’ Human Rights Council in Geneva, represents the highest-level assessment of Cambodia’s human rights problems that takes place before the international community. The UPR is a public hearing where UN Member States are voicing their concerns about the Hun Sen/ Hun Manet government’s extensive and longstanding human rights abuses.

UN WebTV Accessible Here

Executive Summary Highlight

Saturday, 11 May 2024, at 11:00 AM EST

Our panel of experts, Inka Juslin, Kelly Landrigan, Sopheap Lam, and Mehgan Andrzejewski, will explain the Cambodia UPR process and important points you need to know. They will discuss concerns raised by UN Member States and the Cambodian government's responses. Additionally, they will explore new advocacy initiatives for the Khmer community and NGO groups, offering a more accessible approach for post-UPR participation.

Video will be available at the top of this webpage.

Six things you need to know

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Over the past two years, the UN has effectively identified the problems and deficiencies within the Cambodian government, particularly leading up to the 2023 national election, and outlined the necessary steps for remedying these issues.
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The UN UPR Review on May 8 provides the highest-level and most comprehensive review of Cambodia’s human rights record within the international community.
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This virtual Cambodia UPR session will highlight issues and concerns raised by UN Member States and the responses provided by the Cambodian government.
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Additionally, a range of new creative advocacy initiatives has been identified to further build on these achievements and successes, aiming to achieve meaningful change and progress concerning Cambodia’s major and long-standing human rights abuses.
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First post-UPR issue needing attention will be UNESCO’s failure to prevent 10,000 evictions from the Angkor Wat region’s “traditional villages,” as part of increasing illegal evictions by the government of Cambodia more generally.
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Second post-UPR issue needing attention will be Hun Manet’s continuation of Hun Sen’s widespread human rights abuse policy, together with efforts to “legitimize” and accept what the UN derogatorily termed Hun Manet’s “questionable hereditary appointment” by his father Hun Sen.