This briefing note provides an overview and analysis of how the Kingdom of Cambodia’s (“Cambodia”) recent history has adversely affected the development of land ownership and registration; discusses the structural, legal and societal causes behind the dispossession of land and how the Royal Government of Cambodia (the “RGC”) has both failed to safeguard human rights and actively violated those rights through violence and oppression; and offers recommendations aimed at addressing these issues.

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