The new summons is related to a complaint filed by National Assembly President Heng Samrin, a ranking member of the ruling Cambodian People’s Party.
The Council of Ministers approved the draft law at a meeting in late November, and it is being reviewed by the Assembly’s legislative committee.
Cambodia’s leaders still have the “responsibility to protect” the country’s citizens, according to standards issued by the UN.
The Water Festival is generally held in November, a tributary of the Mekong River, changes course, due to monsoon rains that fill up its source lake in the Cambodian interior.
States must ultimately be responsible for protecting their populations from “grave impunity by upholding the system of international justice,” ICC officials said in a statement.
Cambodia’s foreign minister defended the country’s judiciary before a group of diplomats Thursday, addressing an arrest warrant issued last week for opposition leader Sam Rainsy.
Speaking at the airport as he waited for Prime Minister Hun Sen to arrive from an official visit to France, Tea Banh said his troops have a right to “express their opinion.”
The law on NGOs has received widespread criticism, for fear that it will restrict freedoms of assembly, speech and other rights.
The $4.3 billion budget, approved recently by Prime Minister Hun Sen, allocates $500 million for education.
Countries locked in disputes with China included Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia, and Brunei.
Hun Sen warned against political messages of change, such as those that have transpired since the Arab Spring.
The three activists are Sun Mala, 23, co-founder of Mother Nature Cambodia; Try Sovikea, 24; and Sim Samnang, 26.
The delay came just one hour into the hearing, with no new date scheduled, after court officials failed to download documents to build their case.
More than 800 indigenous people in Mondulkiri province are seeking to oust the provincial governor, who is accused of violating the rights of the ethnic minority.
Over 170,000 families across the country were hurt by land disputes in 2014, according to a new a report by NGO Forum.
Labor leaders say they believe the $207 monthly minimum is an accurate reflection of the needs of workers.
Hun Sen said democracy and human rights are making progress, but he also said groups that abuse the principles to serve their “political purposes” would not be tolerated.
International legal experts say a group of laws recently passed in Cambodia to reform the judiciary does little to ensure a balance of powers.
Hor Namhong recently instructed incoming Unicef head Debra Comini not to comment on the law, according to a ministry spokesman.
The prince does not believe the opposition party should be supported in its attacks on border demarcation and alleged Vietnamese encroachment into Cambodian territory.
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