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JOB ANNOUNCEMENT: Media and ICT Project Manager

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17 May 2019,

Sahmakum Teang Tnaut (STT) is a non-governmental organization, non-profitable, was set up in September 2005 and officially registered with the ministry of interior in December 2006. STT tries to reflect in its work with urban communities. From the outset, STT has had a focus on infrastructure upgrading, but over the past decade, many communities have been impacted by development relating to land alienation and evictions. Because of this, STT has strengthened its research and advocacy to draw attention to a development policy that in Phnom Penh alone has led to 150,000 residents being displaced since 1990. By supporting genuine community complaints and grievances, STT and its partners have been helping communities articulate their concerns to local and international medias, donors and other NGOs and INGOs. Visit us at www.teangtnaut.org

To support our projects, STT is looking for a qualified candidate to join our dynamic team for the following positions:

Media and ICT Project Manager
Unit                          : Programme
Reporting to         : Programme Manager
Hire                          : 1 Position
Schedule                : Full Time (40 Hours/Week)
Gross Salary          : USD 550 to USD 600

Main Responsibilities, Tasks and Activities

  1. Media and ICT Project: lead planning and implementation of projects, including reporting and budgeting. Responsibilities with regards to specific activities include:
  • Urban Voice: lead implementation of the Urban Voice project including site management and content development, data collection and entering, outreach to user groups, development of campaigns, and administration of the site.
  • Social media/Online activism: contribute to the development of and lead the implementation of STT’s social media strategy, including maintenance and development of STT’s online identities and ensuring their visibility
  • Leading to conduct ICT training workshop to community activists
  • Be responsible in analyzing information needs and specifying technology to meet community target group.
  • Formulating and directing information and communication technology (ICT) strategies and plans
  • Day to day supervising ICT operations and setting priorities between system developments, maintenance and operations
  • Provide technical supports towards community database and studio.
  • Produce monthly and six monthly reports for programme manager
  • Monitoring and evaluation of the day to day activity implement by staff under its supervision
  • Manage project budget and resource allocation in line with programme manager
  • Contribute to performance assessment of project staff
  1. Project Innovation: To keep abreast of developments in project fields and to maintain an overview of the social and political climates affecting contact communities. In particular to focus on communities facing eviction, and options for non-violent action and resistance at both local and international level.
  2. Promotes the overall effectiveness of the organization by performing tasks and sharing responsibilities of other staff of STT during work when there is an overload of duties, or fill in when an individual is away from the work station.
  1. Perform other tasks as assigned by programme manager.

Skills and Qualification:
The post holder is expected to have:

  • Good communication skills with a range of stakeholders including communities, representatives of other NGOs and colleagues in both Khmer and English.
  • High computer literacy and ability to utilize various media to enable the voices of people living in poverty be heard.
  • Networking skills to enable STT to be widely known across communities under threat of eviction in Phnom Penh as well as with NGOs working with these communities.
  • The ability to work well in a team and to lead the team in producing high quality outputs for a range of audiences.
  • An enthusiastic attitude towards the work and a willingness to be involved in organizational activities.
  • Proven experience in ICT project management/supervision.
  • Proven organization skills and ability to manage competing time demands for multiple activities within given timeframes.
  • A creative thinker with an innovative approach to problem solving which is outcomes driven rather than process orientated.
  • Energy and enthusiasm with a strong stakeholder focus.
  • Highly developed analytical skills with an ability to remain focused on outputs and to adjust delivery mechanisms to meet deadlines and stakeholder needs.
  • Demonstrated highly developed interpersonal, oral and written communication skills in English, including the ability to effectively negotiate and communicate specific issues where there are competing agendas and priorities.

How To Apply: Sahmakum Teang Tnaut is open for all candidates to apply, especially Female and Disable candidates. Interested and qualified candidates may submit your application to thida@teangtnaut.org by indicating clearly the job tittle or using the contact detail below​ by June 06, 2019.

Name    : Sahmakum Teang Tnaut (STT)
Contact No.        : 023 555 1964
Email     : thida@teangtnaut.org
Website              : www.teangtnaut.org
Address               : #7, Street 494, Sangkat Phsar Deurm Thkov, Khan Chamkamorn, Phnom Penh

FACTS AND FIGURES #36: Public Streets and Sidewalks

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STT’s latest research, ‘Facts & Figures #36: Public Streets and Sidewalks’ maps the streets, sidewalks and open public spaces of Phnom Penh to create a picture of a city lacking in inclusivity. This research applies the indicator 11.7.1 of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 11, which focuses on inclusive cities, to Phnom Penh and discusses its results.

STT researchers found that streets, sidewalk and open public space within the city accounted for a dismal 16.36% of total space within the city.  Streets and sidewalks make up 14.26%, which is not bad when compared to Bangkok (15.9%) and Manila (15.2%) but is significantly below Singapore (21.6%). The 2.10% of open public space in Phnom Penh, such as parks, places to exercise, and places for civic participation, is well below the international standard of 10% and most open public space is found in the inner khans of Daun Penh and Chamkar Mon.

You can download the reports as PDF files here! Khmer – English

Contact for more information:
Mr. Soeung Saran, Executive Director of Sahmakum Teang Tnaut (STT)
Email: director@teangtnaut.org
Tel: 089 666 013
Mr. Isaac Daniels, Program Adviser of Sahmakum Teang Tnaut (STT)
E-mail: advisor@teangtnaut.org

Meeting to Presentation on Climate Smart Change Guideline

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On August 04th, community 15 person who are coming from Samaki Rong Roeurng community that they are living along Beong Trabek’s canal participated on Climate Smart Change Guideline that provided by Sahmakum Teang Tnaut (STT).

The objective of this is to obtain adequate housing with functioning infrastructures in accordance to Cambodian policies and international human rights standards as benefit during project implementation and in the future for their community. Moreover, it is the opportunity to made relationship among communities and STT’s through exchange experience, working together and discussion.

This activity is a part of small upgrade community, funded from MIS and implement by Sahmakum Teang Tnaut.

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Joint Statement: A Call for Justice: Civil Society Demands Independent Inquiry in Kem Ley Murder Case

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July 08, 2017

One year after the murder of Kem Ley, we, the undersigned civil society groups, believe that justice  has  not  yet  been  served  for  the  late  political  analyst  and  the  family,  friends  and colleagues he left behind.

The well-known political analyst and anti-corruption campaigner was shot dead at point blank range on 10 July 2016 while drinking coffee in a Phnom Penh petrol station. There has been no transparency in the murder investigation, and there are still many unanswered questions in the case.

Despite compelling evidence – including video footage – indicating potential accomplices, only one suspect was charged and convicted in a flawed trial which failed to fully cross examine witnesses  or  investigate  serious  doubts  about  the  killer’s  motive.  Impunity  for  those  not properly held to account for his murder will fuel distrust of the justice system.

We, the undersigned civil society groups, call for an independent inquiry into the silencing of Kem Ley. His murder led to a massive outpouring of emotion from hundreds of thousands of Cambodians who poured into the streets of the capital for his funeral procession. Along with Kem Ley’s family, colleagues and friends they also deserve to see justice served.

Immediately after the murder, a group of UN human rights experts called for “a prompt, thorough and impartial investigation into the crime […] conducted by an independent body with no ties to the government.”1 One year later we have seen that the criminal justice system has failed to protect its citizens’ right to life. With so many unanswered questions, an independent inquiry is the only credible way to seek justice for Kem Ley and his family and friends.

We, the undersigned civil society groups, have not forgotten Kem Ley’s murder and reiterate our previous demand for the investigation to be taken over by an independent inquiry made up of international experts with full access to evidence including CCTV footage from the crime scene. 2 If not, public faith in the judiciary and police will continue to be eroded and the family and friends of Kem Ley will continue to be denied justice.

This statement is endorsed by:

  1. Activity for Environment Community
  2. Alliance for Conflict Transformation (ACT)
  3. Bak Rotaeh community
  4. Banteay Srey Community
  5. Boeung Chhouk Community
  6. Boeung Kak Community (Kampong Chhnang)
  7. Boeung Kak Lake Community (BKL)
  8. Boeung Pram Community
  9. Boeung Trabek Community
  10. Borei Keila Community (BK)
  11. Bos Snao Community
  12. Buddhism for Peace Organization (BPO)
  13. Building and Wood Workers Trade Union Federation of Cambodia (BWTUC)
  14. Building Community Voice (BCV)
  15. CamASEAN Youth’s Future (CamASEAN)
  16. Cambodia Development People Life Association (CDPLA)
  17. Cambodia Youth and Monk Network (CMYN)
  18. Cambodia’s Independent Civil Servants Association (CICA)
  19. Cambodian Alliance of Trade Unions (CATU)
  20. Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR)
  21. Cambodian Domestic Worker Network (CDWN)
  22. Cambodian Food and Service Worker Federation (CFSWF)
  23. Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC)
  24. Cambodian Independent Teachers Association (CITA)
  25. Cambodian Indigenous Youth Association (CIYA)
  26. Cambodian Informal Economic Workers Association (CIWA)
  27. Cambodian Labour Confederation (CLC)
  28. Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (LICADHO)
  29. Cambodian NGO Committee on CEDAW (NGO- CEDAW)
  30. Cambodian Youth Network (CYN)
  31. Capacity Community Development Organization (CCD)
  32. Center for Alliance of Labour and Human Rights (CENTRAL)
  33. Cham Kravean Community
  34. Chambak Community (Kampong Speu)
  35. Chambok community (Kampong Cham)
  36. Cheko community
  37. Chi Tron Community
  38. Chikor Leu Land Community
  39. CI5 Community
  40. Coalition for Integrity & Social Accountability (CISA)
  41. Coalition of Cambodian Apparel Workers Domestic Unions (C.CAWDU)
  42. Coalition of Cambodian Farmer Community (CCFC)
  43. Collective Union of Movement of Workers (CUMW)
  44. Community Network in Action (CAN)
  45. Community Peace-Building Network (CPN)
  46. Community Voice Development Organization
  47. Da Commune Community
  48. Equitable Cambodia (EC)
  49. Farmers Association for Peace and Development (FAPD)
  50. Forestry Community
  51. Forestry Stoeung Khsach Sor community
  52. Former Boeung Kak Women Network Community
  53. Free Trade Union of Workers of the Kingdom of Cambodia (FTUWKC)
  54. Gender and Development for Cambodia (GADC)
  55. Green Vision Organization
  56. Housing Rights Task Force (HRTF)
  57. Independent Democracy of Informal Economy Association (IDEA)
  58. Independent Monk Network for Social Justice (IMNSJ)
  59. Indigenous Youth at Brome Commune, Preah Vihear Province
  60. Indigenous Youth for Community Ratanakiri (IYCR)
  61. Indradevi Association (IDA)
  62. Kampreus community
  63. Khmer Youth Association (KYA)
  64. Land Community, I Village, Preah Sihanouk Province
  65. Lor Peang Land Community
  66. Minor Indigenous Right Organization (MIRO)
  67. Mother Nature
  68. Phnom Bat Community
  69. Phnom Krom Community
  70. Phum 21 Community
  71. Phum 23 Community
  72. Phum Dei Chhnang Community
  73. Phum Prasat Rang Land Community
  74. Phum Samut Leu Community
  75. Phum Sela Khmer Land Community
  76. Phum Thmei Taing Samrong Community
  77. Pong Rok Land Community
  78. Ponlok Khmer
  79. Prek Takung Community
  80. Prek Tanou Community
  81. Prey Chher Pich Sangva Laor Chhert Community
  82. Prey Chher Romeas Hek Community
  83. Raksmey Samaki Community
  84. Sahmakum Teang Tnaut (STT)
  85. Samaki 4 Community
  86. Samaki Meanchey Land Community
  87. Sangkom Thmey Land Community
  88. Sdey Krom Rohal Soung Fishery Community
  89. Somros Koh Sdach Fishery Community
  90. SOS International Airport Community
  91. Spean Chhes Community
  92. Sre Prang Community
  93. Ta Noun Land Community
  94. Thmor Kol Community
  95. Toul Rada Community
  96. Toul Sangke B Community
  97. Tourism Employee and Service Union of Grand Diamond City Company
  98. Tourism Employee Union of Poipet Casino Resort Company
  99. Trapaing Anhchanh Thmey Community
  100. Tumnop II Community
  101. Tunlong Community
  102. Urban Poor Women Development (UPWD)
  103. 185K Thida Chambok community
  104. 23 Community
  105. 24 Families Community
  106. 297 Land Community
  107. 92 Community

Projects being ‘built on lies’

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Ny Sophannak, a 42-year-old mother of three, lives in a small house on a tiny alley behind Wat Thann just off Sothearos Boulevard. Ten years ago, she was among 800 families violently evicted from the nearby Dey Krahorm community on what she says were false pretenses.
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Thousands Celebrating International Human Rights Day across Cambodia

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December 6, 2016 – From December 2 until December 10, a series of 35 events across Cambodia will see thousands of people in 17 provinces and Phnom Penh celebrate International Human Rights Day 2016.

Events will largely take place in rural Cambodia, where grassroots groups including communities affected by land conflicts, youth networks, associations, and monks as well as unions and NGOs around the country will hold a series of celebrations under the theme of ‘Justice2016’. In Phnom Penh and four of Cambodia’s provincial towns – Siem Reap, Battambang, Sisophon and Sihanoukville – larger events will see groups from surrounding communities coming together to celebrate in solidarity.

Celebrations will include public forums to discuss current human rights issues, theatre performances, petitions to local authorities on local and national human rights concerns, Buddhist religious ceremony with connecting to human rights issues, and marches through provincial districts and towns.

International Human Rights Day will offer an opportunity to demonstrate solidarity, perseverance and celebration of hard-fought human rights. With less than a year to go before commune elections – and as repressive laws are rolled out, dissenting voices silenced, and human rights defenders imprisoned – it is more important than ever to speak out against attacks on human rights. Celebrations this year will see thousands speak on issues such as free and fair elections, land rights, a living wage for workers, a free and fair judiciary and an end to attacks on fundamental freedoms.

‘Laws are being used to stifle us, imprison us and silence us,’ said Tim Malay, President of Cambodian Youth Network (CYN). ‘Youth are the future of Cambodia, and we need a future in which human rights are celebrated and upheld by the powerful as well as the poor.’

Despite a year of consistent attacks on democracy and civil society, the continued use of the judiciary to silence and threaten activists, and the lack of any governmental commitment to uphold land rights and labour rights, activists across Cambodia will continue to protest injustice, demand their rights and call for change.

‘We are still losing land, workers are still struggling for a living wage, and when we protest, we are imprisoned’, said Song Srey Leap, Boeung Kak Lake community representative. ‘We celebrate International Human Rights Day, but we also demand change – we want justice.’

‘Workers struggling to survive have been hit by a new Trade Union Law and other harmful laws’, said Sar Mora, President of Cambodian Food Service Workers Federation (CFSWF). ‘International Human Rights Day is a time to celebrate together, and to challenge laws which affect our lives’.

‘Our theme for International Human Rights Day this year is ‘Justice2016’ because justice is essential for peace and prosperity in Cambodia,’ said Am Sam Ath, LICADHO’s Monitoring Manager. ‘And without an independent judiciary, justice and peace are not possible’.

Friends of December 10th invite all friends and media to attend the IHRD celebrations. Please contact those listed below for more information on IHRD events in the provinces and in Phnom Penh.

For more information, please contact:
▪ Mr. Am Sam Ath, LICADHO Monitoring Manager, 012 327 770
▪ Mr. Soeung Saran, Sahmakum Teang Tnaut (STT) Acting Executive Director, 089 666 013
▪ Mr. Sar Mora, President of Cambodian Food Service Workers Federation (CFSWF), 016 525 781

City for Children – Celebrating International Children’s Day in the Urban Poor Settlements of Phnom Penh

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In celebration of the 67th International Children’s Day 1 June 2016, local urban NGO Sahmakum Teang Tnaut (STT), in partnership with People in Need (PIN), will be holding a “City for Children” event for children and parents in Village Khor, Chrang Chamres II, Phnom Penh.

The event will be held at on Wednesday 1st June 2016, at “Vihea Thom” (the Large Mosque) at Kilometer 09, in Village 3, Sangkat Chrang Chamres Mouy, Khan Russey Keo, Phnom Penh from 8 am to 11 am.

STT and PIN are holding this half-day event for 100 children and their parents from Village Kor, an urban poor village in Chrang Chamres II, Phnom Penh. Children living in the 340 urban poor settlements identified by STT’s 2014 research report, The Phnom Penh Survey, are subject to poor living conditions, such as poorer quality or lack of access to water supply, sanitation, sewage, and power. According to research published by PIN and last year, every third child in the urban poor communities is undernourished and are smaller, weaker and do worse at school (if they attend one) as a result. This event encourages children to think about their urban living environment through discussions about their “ideal city” which they will then create through drawings.

“This event is an opportunity for these children to bring their aspirations for their home to life through fun activities. It is also means that these children are learning from an early age that they can have a voice in the development of their city.” Mr EE Sarom, Executive Director, STT

In 2016 STT, PIN, UPWD and the Open Institute launched the second phase of the collaborative “City for all – Human Rights Based Spatial Planning” project funded by the EU delegation in Cambodia and the Czech Development Agency. This three-year project promotes a rights-based approach to urban development. Currently the project works with village Kor in the area of Chrang Chamres II, where communities live under threat of eviction. In the coming years the project will also work with villages in the Boeung Tompoun area. The project works with communities and local authorities to provide residents with assessments of their legal tenure claims, and to develop new urban plans for onsite upgrading to make the land use more effective, while avoiding involuntary resettlement.

“International Children’s Day is an opportunity to reflect on the rights and well-being of children, especially those living in urban poor communities in Phnom Penh. Poor living conditions and the risk of eviction threaten those rights. The Human Rights-Based Spatial Planning project is an important step towards putting the rights of all Phnom Penh residents at the centre of urban development.” Mr EE Sarom, Executive Director, STT

In addition to the on-the-ground work carried out in urban poor communities, the “City for All – Human Rights Based Spatial Planning” project engages students in Phnom Penh in a “Spatial Planning Lab”. This involves a series of workshops and lectures such as Disaster Risk Sensitive Land Use Planning, Human Rights Based Spatial Planning, Gender and Spatial Planning etc., to help future urban planners consider the importance of a rights’ based approach to the development of Cambodia’s capital city. PIN and UPWD will also conduct assessments to identify the most disaster prone areas and the local capacity to cope with disasters and suggest a set of appropriate mitigation measures.

For additional information please contact:

Mr SAO Kosal, Technical Programme Manager, STT: 017 555 887 (Khmer, English)

Mr SASIN Piotr, Country Director, PIN: 011 676 331 (English)

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Urban Voice Radio Talk Show

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Topic: Final Mapping of Traffic Congestion

Lived on Friday 27 May 2016 from 4:00- 5:00 pm through Sarika F.M 106.5 and online via sarika.fm

Guest speaker:
Mr. Ell Ath, Urban Voice Project Coordinator of Sahmakum Teang Tnaut

You can listen by clicking here .

If you have any suggestion, please go to our Facebook page :www.facebook.com/UrbanVoiceCam or via this telephone number 089 666 013 / 097 264 0056

Civil Society Condemns Escalating Intimidation of Human Rights Defenders

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May 10, 2016 – Yesterday’s detention of eight human rights workers and activists was an egregious violation of the right to freedom of expression in Cambodia, civil society groups said today. The detentions, which followed the pre-trial detention of four other rights workers and an election official last week, highlight an alarming surge in the Cambodian government’s latest campaign of intimidation against civil society.

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Human Rights Radio Program: Resolution on Temporary Settlement on State Property in City, Town, and Urban

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On Wednesday 06, April 2016, CCHR held a program on topic “Resolution on Temporary Settlement on State Property in City, Town, and Urban “. Guest speakers: Mr. Ee Sarom ,Executive Director of Sahmakum Teang Tnaut (STT), and Mrs. Mao Mom, Community Representative from Battambong Town.

You can listen by clicking here.

If you have any suggestion, please go to our Facebook page:www.facebook.com/teangtnaut or via this telephone number 089 666 013 / 097 264 0056

Civil Society Condemns Charging of Human Rights Defenders

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May 2, 2016 – We, the undersigned human rights and other civil society organisations, condemn in the strongest terms the politically-motivated charging of six human rights defenders from a Cambodian human rights group, the country’s National Election Committee (NEC) and the United Nation’s Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNOHCHR). The targeting of these individuals, five of whom were sent to pre-trial detention today, is the latest escalation in a far-reaching government assault on civil society ahead of upcoming local and national elections, and is a clear reprisal for support provided by rights workers in a politically-sensitive case.

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Mapping and Enumeration training for community Training

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On 27-28 April 2016, STT staffs under a project Human Rights Base Spatial Planning (HRBSP) organized a training about “Mapping and Enumeration training for community” at Kor Village, Chrang Chamres 2 Commune, Reuseey Keo District, Phnom Penh, which have 27 people joint this training.

This training organized in order to :
– To train key people in Kor village of Sangkat Chrang Chamres II on how to do community mapping and enumeration
– To train key people in Kor village of Sangkat Chrang Chamres II to know how to work in a big team
– To build relationship between community members more closer.

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CSOs call upon authorities to immediately cease harassment of human rights defenders

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April 29, 2016 – We, the undersigned civil society organisations, strongly condemn the summonsing and interrogation of civil society members for conducting vital and legitimate activities to protect human rights. This amounts to an outrageous misuse of the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) as a political tool to attack and intimidate civil society.April 29, 2016 – We, the undersigned civil society organisations, strongly condemn the summonsing and interrogation of civil society members for conducting vital and legitimate activities to protect human rights. This amounts to an outrageous misuse of the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) as a political tool to attack and intimidate civil society.

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Urban Voice Radio Talk Show

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Topic: Filling the Lake and Its Impact

Lived on Friday 01 April 2016 from 4:00-5:00pm through Sarika F.M 106.5 and online via sarika.fm
Guest speaker:
Mr. Ee Sarom, Executive Director of Sahmakum Teang Tnaut
Mrs. Bouv Sophea, Representative from Beoung Kak community

You can listen by clicking here .

If you have any suggestion, please go to our Facebook page :www.facebook.com/UrbanVoiceCam or via this telephone number 089 666 013 / 097 264 0056

The impact of the sub-decree classifying Tumnop Kopsrov and surrounding land as state public property

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Tumnup Srov is one of the last remaining lakes in Phnom Penh that is relatively unaffected by development. There are 19 villages[1] located around the lake under, which fall under the administration of 5 Sangkats[2] of 2 Khans[3]. Many residents use this lake and the surrounding area to transplant rice, to fish, and to grow subsidiary crops. This area has not undergone systematic land registration. On 3 February 2016 the national government announced a sub-decree that a 3,239 hectare area covering Tamouk Lake (Tumnup Kopsrov) and surrounding land has been classified as state public property.  According to the Land Law, state public land cannot be owned by anyone other than the State. This therefore raises serious concerns about the tenure security of residents in this areas.

Consequently, between February 8 and 13 2016, STT conducted interviews with all 19 village chiefs, as well as some community members from each area, in order to obtain further information about the sub-decree and better understand the potential implications of this declaration. It was identified approximately 332 families were affected by this decision. More specifically, 147 families both their house and surrounding land falls within the boundaries specified in the sub-decree, while for another 185 families only their land is affected. All 19 villages are affected by this announcement, with 4 villages – Prek Pnov, Samrong Tbong, Anlongkangan, Thom Tbong – falling entirely within the area identified in the sub-decree. The majority of the land affected (approximately 253 hectares) is being used by community members for farming.  As such this sub-decree potentially impacts not only on the tenure security but also the livelihoods of its current residents.

All village chiefs advised that they were unaware of the sub-decree. This demonstrates a lack of communication between the government and the communities potentially affected by this decision, an all too familiar situation in the recent history of Phnom Penh’s land management.

Mrs. Phan Sokhum, a resident of Samrong village since 2000, advised that in 2013 the local authority told people in her village to move out of the area, stating that the village was situated on the public land. However, they did not move and continued to have lived there up until now. STT observed that the houses of 77 families were marked for demolition from this time.  Mrs. Phan Sokhum commented that while she and others in the village had no objection to the development of the area, but fair and proper compensation needed to be considered if they were forced to make way for this.

[1] Prek Pnov, Samrong Tbong, Anlongkangan, Thom Tbong, Beoung Thom, Prey Pongro, Veng, 04 Mouk, Svay Oddom, Trapaing Tateung, Thnal Bonteay, Kantrang, Trapaing Roneam, Koh Rongeang, Prey Svay, Toul, Tnaut Khburs, Trapaing Ampil and Choung Toul

[2] Prek Pnov, Samrong, Ponhea Pon, Khmounh and Ponsang

[3] Prek Pnov and Sen Sok

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Directive on the temporary settlement construction on the land which are occupied illegal in the capital city and town

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The directive aims to solve for temporary construction on land which are occupied illegal. For the purpose of dealing with those issues, government puts forward this Directive to introduce the local authorities at all levels and relevant institutions about the procedures for resolving the temporary construction on land that was to encroach illegally in cities and towns by implementing the following measures:

  • Extract specific data on the number of temporary building’s location.
  • Identifying mapping and ranking of the land that for temporary building located
  • Census the number of families and people whose are living in temporary building
  • Finding solutions
  • Discussing about policy coordination
  • Infrastructure and public services are basic need to support living-life
  • The participation of stakeholders in the development

You can find this document in the link below :

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Sub-Decree on the Management of roadway along the railway in Cambodia

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Sub-Decree on the Management of roadway along the railway in Cambodia.

Sub-Decree aims to:

  • eliminate the phenomenon encroachments on the land for construction or other crops
  • prevent traffic accident and maintain social order, which always occur along the road.
  • reduce the obstacles that impede the road’s development
  • reduce a state’s spending to deal with an impact of homeless people that located along the road.
  • ensure the sustainable development of infrastructure in Cambodia.

You can find the document in the link below :

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JOINT STATEMENT: CSOs declare support for Mother Nature and condemn crackdown against the organization

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Phnom Penh, 14 February 2016

In response to the latest unjust charges brought against three further members of  the environmental non-governmental organization (“NGO”) Mother Nature, we, the undersigned civil society organizations (“CSOs”), declare our support for Mother Nature, and condemn the Royal Government of Cambodia (“RGC”)’s crackdown on the organization and Cambodian civil society in general.

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Civil Society Strongly Condemns Violence Against Demonstrating Bus Drivers

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Joint Organizations

February 6, 2016 – We, the undersigned civil society groups, strongly condemn this morning’s violence by members of the Cambodia for Confederation Development Association (CCDA) against protesting bus drivers and their supporters, as well as the woefully inadequate police response, call for the release of two men arbitrarily arrested and demand an investigation into the violence.

The brutal violence erupted this morning following a protest by bus drivers from the Cambodian Transport Workers Federation and their supporters from Cambodia Informal Worker Association. The incident has left at least 14 people injured, including protesting bus drivers and their supporters, one human rights monitor and one police officer. One individual suffered an arm fracture while many others have facial injuries from blows to the head.

At about 9.40am some of the 50 protesters, who had been demonstrating near the office of Capitol Tours Bus Company in Phnom Penh since 8am, attempted to block a bus from leaving the station. About 50 supporters of CCDA, many dressed in black clothing and wearing helmets, moved in to “protect the bus” and a stand-off ensued. Shortly after, some members of CCDA, wielding hammers, metal bars and sticks, charged into the crowd, savagely beating and kicking the demonstrating bus drivers and their supporters. A number of anti-demonstration police joined in the beatings, while other police and CCDA members tried unsuccessfully to stop the violence.

The police then pushed back the bus drivers and their supporters and arrested one bus driver and one tuk-tuk driver, who was beaten in the process. They remain in detention, and could face charges. No members of CCDA were arrested, despite CCDA members openly attacking bus drivers and supporters with hammers and metal bars.

Following the attack, the bus drivers and supporters marched to two local police stations to lodge a complaint against the violence. At both stations, entrances were barred and police present refused to accept the complaint. Eventually anti-demonstration police arrived and dispersed the demonstrators.

“People were being beaten on the streets by armed thugs this morning, and the police made minimal efforts to stop it,” said LICADHO Technical Coordinator Am Sam Ath. “No one responsible for today’s attack has been arrested for the violence perpetrated by both thugs and the anti-demonstration police themselves.”

Capitol bus drivers have been protesting for around two months after the dismissal of 45 bus drivers, who claim they were fired after trying to form a union. Following a request by City Hall that Capitol consider rehiring the drivers, the protesters temporarily halted demonstrations on January 26, only to resume again on February 1 after Capitol ignored City Hall’s request.

The CCDA, a small tuk-tuk and motodop association, claim that bus drivers’ protests are disrupting the tuk-tuk trade around Capitol bus station. The CCDA do not represent bus drivers and have no formal connection to the dispute. In September 2013, two participants in a CCDA protest reported to the media that they had been promised money to participate, and had no knowledge as to what the protest was about.

“Today’s outrageous violence shows that workers cannot engage in public demonstrations without risk of arbitrary arrest – or even threats to their lives. It is further stark evidence of the authorities enabling and using utterly disproportionate violence with total impunity, in order to intimidate and disperse demonstrating workers,” said Moeun Tola, executive director of CENTRAL.

We reiterate our condemnation of the violence in the strongest possible terms, call for the immediate release of the arbitrarily detained victims and demand a prompt, independent and transparent investigation into today’s events.

1. Boeung Kak Lake Community (BKL)
2. Building and Wood Workers Trade Union Federation of Cambodia (BWTUC)
3. CamASEAN Youth’s Future (CamASEAN)
4. Cambodian Alliance of Trade Unions (CATU)
5. Cambodian Center for Independent Media (CCIM)
6. Cambodian Committee for Women (CAMBOW)
7. Cambodian Domestic Worker Network (CDWN)
8. Cambodian Food and Service Worker Federation (CFSWF)
9. Cambodian Human Rights Action Committee (CHRAC)
10. Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC)
11. Cambodian Independent Teachers Association (CITA)
12. Cambodian Labour Confederation (CLC)
13. Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (LICADHO)
14. Cambodian Tourism and Service Workers Federation (CTSWF)
15. Cambodian Transport Workers Federation (CTWF)
16. Cambodia Informal Worker Association (CIWA)
17. Cambodian Youth Network (CYN)
18. Center for Alliance of Labor and Human Rights (CENTRAL)
19. Cheko Community
20. Cambodia Legal Education Centre (CLEC)
21. Coalition of Cambodian Apparel Workers Domestic Unions (C.CAWDU)
22. Coalition of Cambodian Farmer Community (CCFC)
23. Equitable Cambodia (EC)
24. Farmers Association for Peace and Development (FAPD)
25. Gender and Development for Cambodia (GADC)
26. Highlander Association (HA)
27. Independent Democracy of Informal Economy Association (IDEA)
28. Independent Monk Network for Social Justice (IMNSJ)
29. Phnom Bat Community
30. Prek Takung Community
31. Prek Tanou Community
32. Prey Sala Thmey Community
33. Sahmakum Teang Tnaut (STT)
34. 92 Community

For more information, please contact:
▪ Mr. Moeun Tola, CENTRAL Executive Director, 066 777 056
▪ Mr. Am Sam Ath, LICADHO Technical Coordinator, 012 327 770

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