Cambodia

Population Statistics

15,708,756

Total Population

2,356,313

Population with a disability

according to World Health Organization’s 15% estimate

Election Dates

20 December 2012

Ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia (1993, last amended 2008)

Updated: June 2015

Law on the Protection and the Promotion of the Rights of Persons with Disablities (2009)

Updated: June 2015

Law on the Election of the Members of the National Assembly (1997, last amended 2013)

Updated: June 2015

AGENDA Interview with Cambodian Disability Rights Advocates

Updated: March 2019

In November 2018, the General Election Network for Disability Access (AGENDA) interviewed participants of its "Strategic Communications and Advocacy" training in Jakarta, Indonesia. The training brought together disabled people’s organizations ...

Phoeun Veasna, Cambodian Disabled People's Organization CDPO

Updated: October 2018

In September 2018, the General Election Network for Disability Access (AGENDA), a creative partnership of disabled people's organizations (DPOs) and election-focused civil society organizations in Southeast Asia founded by the ...

Voter Registration of Person with Disabilities in Cambodia

Voter Registration of Person with Disabilities in Cambodia

Updated: May 2018

The Cambodian Disabled People's Organisation (CDPO) published a video promoting persons with disabilities to register to vote. An English transcript of the PSA, which is in Khmer is available below. ...

Self-advocates from Cambodia: Accessing the Ballot Box

Self-advocates from Cambodia: Accessing the Ballot Box

Updated: January 2016

In this 2015 video, which was produced by Inclusion International with support from the United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF) as part of the My Voice Matters! campaign, self-advocates from Cambodia who have intellectual disabilities speak up for ...

Disability Inclusion in the Voter Registration Process

Disability Inclusion in the Voter Registration Process

Updated: August 2015

In 2015, the Cambodian Disabled People's Organization (CDPO) conducted a research study on disability inclusion in the voter registration process in Cambodia. The final report identifies the challenges that currently ...

Political Participation of Women with Disabilities in Cambodia

Political Participation of Women with Disabilities in Cambodia

Updated: May 2015

This 2010 report from Cambodia Disabled People's Organization (CDPO), the Committee for Free and Fair Elections in Cambodia (COMFREL), and Handicap International discusses the status of political rights for women ...