Status

UNCAT ratification date

15 October 1992

OPCAT ratification date

30 March 2007

NPM designated


Inter-governmental committee

NPM Type

New specialised institution

NPM Legal Framework

Sub-Decree No. 122 SRR (7 August 2009)

Cambodia ratified the OPCAT in 2007. In 2009 it established an Intergovernmental Committee as its NPM through a sub-decree approved by the Prime Minister. This governmental committee was originally intended to be a temporary body while discussions proceeded on how to establish an independent NPM but so far these discussions have not successfully concluded. 

Cambodia received a first visit by the UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture in 2009. The SPT made a follow-up visit to in December 2013. Neither of these SPT reports has been made public. 

The SPT member who is the SPT Focal Point for Cambodia is available here.