Thida Khus is the Executive Director of SILAKA, a Cambodian NGO that has been working since 1997 to increase the participation of women in Cambodia. Thida will be speaking at the Heinrich Böll Foundation about the situation of women in Southeast Asia.

Image credits On 16-17 November, 2015: Forum Workshop on The Sustainable Development Goals Post 2015-2030, Organized Strey Khmer Organization at Mekong Dialogue Institute (MDI).

Publisher: Honolulu  East-West Center Date of Publication: 2015 Number of Pages: 98 ISBN: 978-0-86638-270-0 (print); 978-0-86638-271-7 (electronic) SummaryOn 7 August 2014, the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) reached an important institutional milestone when the Court published its long-awaited Trial Judgment in the first case against two of the surviving alleged senior leaders of the Khmer Rouge—Nuon Chea and Khieu Samphan ("Case 002/01").

Human trafficking is one of the greatest crimes of the 21st century. It is a persistent violation of the rights and lives of children, men and women. We live in a globalized world that facilitates the movement of goods, information and people across borders.

Mr President, Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen. I am deeply humbled at the trust placed in me by the Human Rights Council in appointing me Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia. This afternoon I have the honour to present my first report.

Cambodia and its people have been served by special procedure mandate holders since 1993. In September 2014, the Human Rights Council considered the final report of the previous Special Rapporteur, Surya P. Subedi.

The series of Country Explorations on Memorialisation as Related to Transitional Justice Processes was elaborated collaboratively as part of the Asia Exchange Meeting ‘Memory for Change’, which was held in Bangkok, Thailand in November 2014.

The Heinrich Böll House Langenbroich offers four flats for writers and artists: two single apartments, one double and one treble. The working grants are not primarily linked to specific projects - the important thing is to create the right conditions for a good working atmosphere.

The Heinrich Böll house at Langenbroich, a former residence of the Böll family, offers workspace for artists who are unable to work creativly - be it for reasons of censorship, civil unrest, or because of their economic situation.