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Upon request of LICADHO (Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defence of Human Rights) and ADHOC (Association
for Human Rights and Development in Cambodia), the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint
programme of FIDH and the World Organization Against Torture (OMCT) requested two lawyers, Ms. Marie Guiraud, from
France, and Mr. Andreas Kirsch-Wood, from Germany to undertake an international fact-finding mission to Cambodia to
follow up the previous FIDH mission, held in 2005, on freedoms of expression and assembly. 1 The mission took place
between 15 and 23 June 2007, and sought to assess the implementation of the right to freedom of expression and the right
to peaceful assembly while paying special attention to the situation of activists dealing with forced evictions of rural villagers
and other vulnerable groups from their land. The mission also worked on the impact on human rights of land management
policies, in particular the practice of forced evictions and relocation of communities in Cambodia. In addition, the mission
conducted interviews to examine attacks against leaders of trade unions, and to review what legal action has been taken
in these cases, in connection with the exercise of their right to assemble and to freedom of expression.
During their mission the chargés de mission met representatives of civil society, especially representatives of unions,
community leaders, lawyers, and national NGOs in Phnom Penh and Sihanoukville. The mission also met representatives
of the national authorities and diplomatic missions (list in Annex). The Observatory regrets, however, that the large majority
of officials contacted before and during the mission declined to meet with the mission members.2
The Observatory is grateful for the special hospitality and support the mission received from LICADHO and ADHOC.
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