In relation to Economic Land Concessions which the Cambodian government has granted to all local, joint venture and international companies; national and international non-governmental organizations and stakeholders have criticized the negative impacts of the strategy on local culture, economics and society. Furthermore, it has been seen that most of the contracts are around a century in length, which means that these negative impacts may last for a long time. In general the impacts include forced eviction, setting light to their houses, threatening to arrest, sending to prison for criminal offenses such as incitement, or state-owned property destruction, physical assault, and armed threats.
Reports have been written by Amnesty International (“Amnesty International Report 2010”), Licadho, Adhoc, UNOHCHR, CCHR and others.
For example, a joint statement by CHRAC, NGO Forum and HRTF, said in 2010 the occurrence of land conflicts has risen by 34.3% compared to those in 2009, and 36.5% compared to those in 2008. The number of cases in 2008 was 173, and it increased by 63 cases in 2009.
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