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Operations Enfants du Cambodge (OEC) MINORITY POLICY |
| Definition |
| Policy Statement Operations Enfants du Cambodge is committed to practice which prevents discrimination and protects the rights of national minorities against all forms of violation. OEC staff accepts to cooperate closely and actively with national, regional and international human rights agencies network to promote full and effective equality between persons of a national minority and those of the majority. |
| This policy is based on the following articles:
UDHR, Article 1: All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood. UDHR, Article 2: Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, color, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. UDHR, Article 7: All are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to equal protection of the law. All are entitled to equal protection against any discrimination in violation of this Declaration and against any incitement to such discrimination. |
| ICCPR, Article 27: In those States in which
ethnic, religious or linguistic minorities exist,
persons belonging to such minorities shall not be
denied the right, in community with the other
members of their group, to enjoy their own culture,
to profess and practice their own religion, or to
use their own language. ICESCR, Article 15 : 1. The States Parties to the present Covenant recognize the right of everyone: (a) To take part in cultural life; (b) To enjoy the benefits of scientific progress and its applications; (c) To benefit from the protection of the moral and material interests resulting from any scientific, literary or artistic production of which he is the author. DRPBERLM, Article 1: 1. States shall protect the existence and the national or ethnic, cultural, religious and linguistic identity of minorities within their respective territories and shall encourage conditions for the promotion of that identity. 2. States shall adopt appropriate legislative and other measures to achieve those ends. DRPBERLM, Article 2: 1. Persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities (hereinafter referred to as persons belonging to minorities) have the right to enjoy their own culture, to profess and practice their own religion, and to use their own language, in private and in public, freely and without interference or any form of discrimination. 2. Persons belonging to minorities have the right to participate effectively in cultural, religious, social, economic and public life.3. Persons belonging to minorities have the right to participate effectively in decisions on the national and, where appropriate, regional level concerning the minority to which they belong or the regions in which they live, in a manner not incompatible with national legislation. 4. Persons belonging to minorities have the right to establish and maintain their own associations. |
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Policies and Procedures 1. OEC staff will disseminate in their working territory that all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, without distinction of any kind, such as race, color, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, or other status, to create national harmony. these rights are repeated and reinforced again in the ICCPR and the ICESCR. 2. Depending on existence of Minorities or Indigenous in the operational fields, OEC will integrate all of them in the project(s) to eliminate discrimination and promoting equal liberty of opportunity and outcome, respecting the rightful principle of Human Rights for All Human Beings. 3. OEC will pay more attention to people in remote areas as well as minorities and indigenous people in the aim at building equal empowerment and to approach the countryside with the town and capital in order to eliminate opportune inequality and discrimination in access to development. 4. The past experience shows clearly that leaving minorities ignorant and isolated, they fall easily in the strategy “Going from paddy field to Capital” that caused a sad disaster. OEC will seek for supporting fund to develop remote areas culturally, skillfully, and technically for a dignitary livelihood allowing people in remote areas or minorities to attain a living standard similarly to other people in Cambodian society. 5. OEC agrees with the idea that the protection of minority rights is best achieved and articulated through a combination of majority sensitivity and minority inclusion. Minority voices are heard, and minority rights more respected when representatives of minority groups enjoy full access to participate in the political sphere, public life and the relevant areas of decision making. |
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Support and Training Comparative study between UDHR, ICCPR, ICESCR and United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities will be conducted successively to deepen understanding of minorities perspectives. Amendment This policy may be reviewed and amended responding to new requirement and the extension of OEC operations. |
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Battambang, 3 March 2012 |
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CC: - Board of Director - MC members - All OEC staff “For comprehensive implementation” |
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