Cambodia: Housing Rights and Evictions
In 2012, violations of land and housing rights continue to take place in Cambodia and victims of land-grabbing from previous years continue to lack full access to justice for loss of land and livelihood. FIDH continued to campaign publicly against land-grabbing and intimidation of those who peacefully protested against such practice.
On 7 May 2012, the Cambodian Prime Minister issued a directive to “temporarily postpone” the granting of ELCs. The directive mandates that any company found to have violated “applicable procedures and contracts” could have their ELCs withdrawn.