Cambodia: Ignoring the rights of Indigenous Peoples

Cambodia: Ignoring the rights of Indigenous Peoples

Despite the legal protection for Indigenous Peoples, including in terms of land ownership, land grabbing, land disputes and development projects are escalating in the northeast of the country, from where an increasing number of forced evictions from land is reported. This document urges the government of Cambodia not to allow activities impacting on the human rights of Phnong Indigenous Peoples and to end all forced evictions.