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In a meeting with the new UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, the Cambodian government said it had extended the mandate of the human rights office in Cambodia for a further two years, while requesting “cooperation” on rights issues before it makes evaluations.
While an Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) “welcomed” the move, a local rights activist pointed out that as an independent institution, the OHCHR “does not require agreement from the government” to report on Cambodian issues.
According to Prime Minister Hun Sen’s official Facebook page on Tuesday, in a meeting in Geneva between him and Bachelet, a former Chilean president, the government signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with her to extend the mandate of the human rights office in Cambodia for two more years.
Hun Sen said that at the meeting, Bachelet thanked the Cambodian government for extending the office’s mandate.
“HE Michelle Bachelet acknowledged the development in Cambodia in terms of human rights, especially the rights of women, children and workers, and in education and regarding non-discrimination."
“She said that all countries had their own problems no matter how developed they were. Bachelet said she will include Cambodia’s good points in the OHCHR report on Cambodia,” Hun Sen said.
The prime minister said although both sides did not always agree, cooperation between Cambodia and the UN on human rights issues would continue to move forward, especially with the extension of its office’s mandate in the Kingdom for a further two years.
“In the bilateral meeting, Samdech [Hun Sen] asked for cooperation on Human Rights issues between the UN and Cambodia [in order to better understand each other] before making evaluations . . . [with] discussion in advance,” the Facebook post said.
The OHCHR has regularly wrangled with Cambodia regarding its findings on human rights violations, with its reports rejected by the government.
In 2016 before its renewal, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs warned that the UN human rights office in the Kingdom would close if a new MoU between the two parties was not signed by the end of 2016.
The signing of the MOU stalled for almost 10 months as the government insisted that an updated version include pointed references to the concept of “non-interference” lifted from the UN charter.
Simon Walker, an OHCHR representative, told The Post on Tuesday that the body welcomed the new agreement with the Cambodia government.
“We welcome the extension of the MOU with the government. We work closely with our government counterparts and discuss our activities and observations with them on a periodic basis,” he said.
However, although rights group Adhoc’s spokesman Soeung Sen Karona welcomed the development, calling it a “good thing”, he questioned the government requesting agreement on the OHCHR’s activities.
“I notice that the High Commissioner has cooperated as well, such as on reforms of the justice system, and we also see other projects in which the UN has cooperated with the government."
“But reports by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, I believe are independent reports reflecting [what is happening] in Cambodia, so [the OHCHR] does not require the government’s agreement to publish its reports,” he said.
During his visit to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development held in Geneva from Monday to Wednesday under the theme Investing in Sustainable Development, the prime minister also had meetings with the director-general of the World Intellectual Property Organisation, Francis Gurry.
Following the detention this week of homeless children as young as 1 year old at Phnom Penh’s notorious Prey Speu vocational training centre, UNICEF yesterday
Khmer artistes perform wearing Oliva Kong’s contemporary Khmer costumes inspired by the masked dance drama called Lakhon Khol. Lu gi
Inspired by the costumes of the masked dance drama called Lakhon Khol, a self-taught Cambodian artist has put his passion for design into a collection to be presented on runways at the Japan International Fashion Gala this December.
Men Seyha who is also known as Oliva Kong, is not a university student learning design skills. Rather, it is his struggles as a young designer and strong interest in the field that caused the 28-year-old to come up with his first ever collection – inspired by traditional Khmer costumes.
Unlike his previous collections that consisted of modern, Western-based styling, his latest designs, which represent six sets of Khmer contemporary dresses are inspired by Lakhon Khol, a masked dance drama with choreography that depicts the Reamker repertoire.
Without any professional design school training, the talented artist picked-up the basics from friends and others in the profession. But it is his passion and talent that caused him to be recognised in the fashion industry.
Thanks to his designs that attracted a lot of public interest, Oliva has been handed other opportunities, and now trains young designers at a private school – MaPa Fashion Design Academy. While many designers struggle for success, some for a lifetime, his career shot off after only just a year or so.
Now, Oliva, who is a fashion designer, catwalk coach and owner of the Queen Victoria design studio, says his success stems from his deep love for traditional costumes.
This, he says, is also why he came up with the idea to design the six sets of “contemporary” Khmer dresses which combine traditional and modern styles.
The style of each dress is unique and reflects a form of Khmer cultural arts, such as the set based on the Haknuman (monkey king) character, the Preah Ream character, Tep Machha (mythical mermaid), the Pkar Romdual national flower, and Khmer traditional dresses.
Oliva says: “I have chosen to create the costume sets in the form of Lakhorn Khol art, Lakhorn Sbay Thom art, Romdual flower and Khmer women’s dresses as a basis for my six-set contemporary versions – five for women and a set for men.
The Gala organiser had invited him to showcase his designs after having seen his previous work at a local fashion show.
Oliva’s fashion team will depart on December 22, ahead of the gala which will be held from December 29 to January 2.
As the designs for the six sets of contemporary dresses use different materials, Kong says the time and cost for designing them was naturally different.
“Since they are contemporary designs, each set took at least two to three working days to complete and sometimes it took as long as a week.
“Cost-wise, I spent at least $400 to buy the necessary materials to design each set. Some sets cost over $1,000,” he says, adding that the cost and time taken depended on how intricate the designs were.
Despite forking out money from his own pocket to complete the project, Oliva does not plan to sell his latest collection.
The self-taught designer insists that he will not sell his collection but keep them as a mark of his achievement.
“I will use them to teach students and as samples for the next generation of designers to see and learn from my experience. This is because they represent ‘ideas’ and contribute to promoting contemporary Khmer designs,” Oliva says.