“Labor and Human Rights in Cambodia” Statement of Tola Moeun Executive Director, Center for Alliance of Labor and Human Rights (CENTRAL)
September 09, 2019 Thank you very much to Congressmen James McGovern and Christopher Smith for providing me the opportunity to testify... Read More
Rural Kampong Cham Residents Finding Better Paying Jobs – In Japan
BEK PEANG VILLAGE, Kampong Cham province – Chea Sokunthea and Dorn Sreyneang were excited in August at the prospect of travelling abroad... Read More
Central launches labour rights mobile application
The Centre for Alliance of Labour and Human Rights has launched a mobile application to support workers in the Kingdom and abroad.... Read More
CENTRAL Launches New Mobile App
Phnom Penh,September 2, 2019 On 3 September 2019, CENTRAL will officially launch its new mobile app. Through CENTRAL’s app, users will be... Read More
Twelve more buildings to be demolished in Sihanoukville
Preah Sihanouk Governor Kuoch Chamroeun on Monday authorised the demolition of a dozen more recently-constructed buildings in Sihanoukville after they were deemed... Read More
Japanese centre ordered to stop training, sending workers
The Phnom Penh Municipal Department of Labour and Vocational Training has ordered Hatha (Cambodia) International Job Centre to halt the training and... Read More
Garment Industry Owners Say Trade Status Withdrawal Would Hurt Four Million Cambodians
Withdrawing Cambodia’s tax-free entry into the European market would negatively nearly four million people, the Garment Manufacturers Association of Cambodia (GMAC) said... Read More
Workers warned of job scams in Japan
The Cambodian Embassy in Japan on Friday cautioned Cambodians working in or intending to work in the country not to fall victim... Read More
Social fund to cover pensions
At a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Hun Sen on Friday, the Council of Ministers approved a draft law on expanding the... Read More
Dozens of garment workers injured in traffic accident
More than 40 garment workers in Svay Rieng province’s Svay Rieng city were injured in a traffic accident yesterday, the second road... Read More
Hundreds conduct factory walkout over working conditions
Nearly 200 garment factory workers resigned yesterday after their representatives failed to reach an agreement with employers over workers’ rights. The workers... Read More
Workers critical after second major Svay Rieng crash
At least 43 garment workers were injured – four critically – on Wednesday in the second serious road accident involving workers from... Read More
China’s unsafe work practices replicated on Cambodia’s construction sites
One month after a deadly building site collapse that killed 28 people in Sihanoukville, little has changed for Cambodia’s construction workers. Chan Muyhong and Danielle... Read More
Government To Discuss Banning Foreigners from Some Local Jobs
More than 160,000 foreigners from 93 countries are working in Cambodia. PHNOM PENH — Cambodia is moving to bar foreigners from performing certain... Read More
Cambodia’s Brick Factory Families, Still “Left Behind”
Sothear* sunk red clay bricks into the earth in front of his sheet-metal shack last year during the rainy season when the... Read More
Event Summary (Celebration of the 3rd Anniversary of the Death of Dr. Kem Ley)
July 9, 2019, – Mr. Kong Raya, together with his wife, sister and brother-in-law were arrested for posting t-shirts for sale which... Read More
Cambodia: Three years and still no effective investigation into Dr. Kem Ley’s killing
(Bangkok) – Today, on the third anniversary of the killing of prominent political commentator and human rights defender Kem Ley, the 24 undersigned... Read More
Occupational Health and Safety for Construction Workers and Safe Building Standards Must Be Guaranteed
We, as workers, communities, associations, trade unions, civil society organisations and human rights defenders working for the promotion of human and labour... Read More
Death toll in Cambodia building collapse up to 28
Phnom Penh (dpa) – Two days after a building under construction collapsed in Cambodia’s Preah Sihanouk province, killing at least 28 workers, Prime Minister Hun... Read More
U.S. sees Cambodia’s anti-trafficking efforts floundering
More than 260,000 of Cambodia’s 16 million people are trapped in modern slavery, often in farms, fisheries and construction, many of them... Read More