Cambodia Seminar Series 2012
Report of the Fact-Finding Mission to Cambodia:
The Deprivation of Land and the Continuous Human Rights Violations
Recently in Cambodia, a lot of people are evicted from the
invaluable lands where they have lived for a long time and
are losing the place to live in under the name of ''development''.
Such cases are increasing year by year that the people are
forcefully evicted from the development-planned-land where
they were living and cultivating and are deprived of the place
for living and livelihood.
The people becoming frustrated with the forced evictions
started protest against the eviction all over the country.
However, the Government suppressed the protests of the
people by forceful means. Illegal arrests and detentions
against human rights defenders use of force against villager,
and even killings of citizen are reported in Cambodia
related to the land dispute.
Human Rights Now (HRN), an international human rights NGO
based in Tokyo was concerned about such human rights
violations in Cambodia and sent a fact-finding mission there.
In this session, HRN will report how the people were evicted
and what happened afterward based on the finding of the
fact finding mission. After the report, discussion is followed
on the way to peaceful solution, as well as the role of Japanese
civil society or other actors in Japan.
Please join us.
Date: Tuesday 4 September, 2012, 18:30 - 20:00
Venue: Collaboration Room 1, 4th Floor, Building No.18,
Komaba Campus, University of Tokyo
Lectures: Ms. Kazuko Ito, Secretary General of HRN and
the Team Members for Cambodia of HRN
Commentators: Sar Sochea (Utsunomiya University)
A Japanese Foreign Ministry official and JICA official (expected)
Moderator: Yasunobu Sato, University of Tokyo
Language: Japanese
Document fee: \500
Organizer : Human Rights Now
Co-organizers: HSP
Research Center for Sustainable Peace, IAGS
Supporters:Research Center for Sustainable Development,, IAGS
Research Center for Asian Studies
CDR
People's Forum on Cambodia
Reports on current situation
