Cambodia

Watch: Cambodia’s Kuoy in land conflict with Chinese company
- Radio Free Asia
- 17 January 2017
The China-backed sugar plantation is clearing land and forest, jeopardizing the survival of the indigenous Kuoy in Cambodia.
Rui Feng still clearing farmland, villagers say
- Phnom Penh Post
- 13 January 2017
China sugarcane company Rui Feng continued its campaign to clear disputed land in Preah Vihear province, Cambodia yesterday, even after a video of its employees seemingly trying to beat villagers surfaced online earlier this week.
Sugar company worn out by empty promises
- Cambodia Daily
- 12 January 2017
Some 100 farmers who have spent the past 11 days sleeping on land to guard it from bulldozers in Preah Vihear province, Cambodia are exhausted by empty promises from the government to solve their problem.
Tensions between Chinese firm, ethnic villagers mount
- Phnom Penh Post
- 12 January 2017
Ethnic Kuoy villagers in Preah Vihear, Cambodia filed a complaint against Chinese sugar company Rui Feng on Tuesday after a long-simmering land dispute almost erupted into violence last week.
SOCFIN in Cambodia commits to a sustainable management of its rubber plantations in Mondulkiri
- SOCFIN
- 09 January 2017
In its Zero Deforestation Commitment published today, SOCFIN in Cambodia commits to manage and develop its rubber plantations in Mondulkiri while protecting the environment, respecting local communities and providing full transparency.
Farmers protest in Phnom Penh against sugarcane plantations
- Cambodia Daily
- 21 December 2016
About 100 farmers from Koh Kong province traveled to Phnom Penh to press government officials for a solution to their long-running land disputes with a trio of sugarcane plantations they accuse of stealing their land.
Au Cambodge, 400 000 petits agriculteurs reçoivent un titre foncier
- Commodafrica
- 16 December 2016
Le Cambodge met les bouchées doubles pour allouer des titres de propriété aux petits agriculteurs afin de réduire les conflits.
EU pressure effective?
- Phnom Penh Post
- 14 December 2016
In recent years, communities displaced by sugar plantations have attempted to reclaim their land by targeting the plantations’ investors and buyers overseas, but a study published last week in the peer-reviewed Journal of Civil Society suggests such efforts may disappoint.
Landless Cambodian farmers look to International Criminal Court for justice
- Reuters
- 22 November 2016
The case is significant as it could change the way community displacement in the wake of large-scale land deals is tested and prosecuted
Landless Cambodian farmers look to International Criminal Court for justice
- Reuters
- 22 November 2016
The case is significant as it could change the way community displacement in the wake of large-scale land deals is tested and prosecuted
New report examines how corruption is fuelling widespread land grabbing and human rights abuses
- Global Witness
- 17 November 2016
A new report launched today takes the most comprehensive look to date at how corruption is fuelling the global land grabbing crisis, which has seen millions of people displaced from their homes and farmland.
Land grabs and the International Criminal Court: will Cambodia’s kleptocrats finally face justice?
- Illegal Deforestation Monitor
- 31 October 2016
In a world fraught with major human rights violations, and significant constraints facing the ICC, what are the prospects of a prosecution for land grabbing or environmental destruction?