Cambodia

On September 4, 2009 the inspection panel received a request for inspection from the Center for Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE), which submitted the request on... Show More + behalf of communities affected by the Cambodia: Land Management and Administration Project (the 'project'). These communities are situated in the Boeung Kak Lake (BKL) area, within the Sras Chok commune, Daun Penh district in Phnom Penh. The requesters state that members of the project affected communities have suffered serious harm from the design and implementation of the project and claim that these issues need to be urgently addressed because further, severe harm may be caused in the very near future. The requesters have asked the panel to keep the name of affected people and villages where they live confidential. This report presents the panel's determination of whether the request meets the eligibility criteria set forth in the resolution establishing the panel and in the 1999 clarifications to the resolution and includes the panel's recommendation in relation to this request. Show Less -