Human Rights in Action
Developing partnerships between government and civil society - our unique non-confrontational approach in Cambodia
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Neou, Kassie. 2000. Human Rights in Action: Developing partnerships between government and civil society - our unique non-confrontational approach in Cambodia. New York.
Human Rights in Action
Developing partnerships between government and civil society - our unique non-confrontational approach in Cambodia
Posted on: January 01, 2000
"Long is the path and as tortuous is its passage as the labyrinth of the temple". This quotation could have been written to describe the situation on human rights in Cambodia. "Long and tortuous" it has certainly been, but now as we approach the end of the millennium there does appear to be a real 'window' of opportunity for Cambodia to put behind it the last 30 years of turmoil. That period saw war, violence, and human suffering on perhaps the greatest scale ever recorded in human history. It has left deep scars. Despite the scars, the essential goodness of ordinary Cambodians survives. Their hearts and minds never abandoned Buddhism. This religion, practiced by over 85% of the population, like many of the other great world religions, sets out tenets of moral behavior that are entirely compatible with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
