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Kingdom rebuffs UN rapporteurs’ concerns on gov’t Covid-19 measures
Thu, 22 April 2021
The Permanent Mission of Cambodia to the UN in Geneva has said the Kingdom’s fight against Covid-19 had so far adhered to the principles of legality, necessity and proportionality and was therefore deeply disturbed by the recent press release from a group of UN special rapporteurs on human rights.
The UN officials – Rhona Smith, special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia; Clement Nyaletsossi Voule, special rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Joseph Cannataci, special rapporteur on the right to privacy; Tlaleng Mofokeng, special rapporteur on the right to health – released their statement on April 12.
Six UN human rights experts have requested that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation clarify the details surrounding the arrest, detention, “intimidation, surveillance, threats and excessive use of force” against 15 Cambodian rights activists.