Cambodia

The Royal Government of Cambodia and the Cambodian Working Group for an ASEAN Human Rights Mechanism (Cambodian Working Group) co-organized and co- hosted a "Conference on the Establishment of a National Human Rights Institution in Cambodia" in Siem Reap, Kingdom of Cambodia on 25-27 September 2006.

The APF was represented at the conference by representatives of the national human rights commissions of Fiji, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand, as well as a staff member of the APF Secretariat.

During his keynote address to the conference, Cambodian Prime Minister declared "We want to establish a National Human Rights Institution based on the Paris Principles."

The conference acknowledged the need to establish a national human rights institution in Cambodia in full compliance the Paris Principles.

The conference also resolved that a Joint Working Group be constituted composed of representatives of government and civil society to draft the law creating the National Human Rights Institution of Cambodia.