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Cambodian Center for the Protection of Children's Rights (CCPCR)

Address

Cambodian Center for the Protection of Children's Rights (CCPCR)
P.O.Box 2487,
Phnom Penh 3,
Cambodia

Contact Information

If calling from Cambodia:

Tel: 023 363 316
Fax: 023 363 316

If calling from overseas:

Tel: +855 23 363 316
Fax: +855 23 363 316

Email

ccpcr@forum.org.kh

Alternate Address

#8, St. 311, Boeung Kak II, Toul Kork
Phnom Penh 3, Cambodia

Activities

The Cambodian Center for the Protection of Children's Rights (CCPCR) was established as a local, non-governmental organization in 1994, with its main goal to implement the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of Children (CRC). It has been operating officially since 1995 under an agreement with the Ministry of Interior of Cambodia and with the financial and technical support of the United Nations Cambodia Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.

CCPCR has successfully implemented projects addressing the mandate of the Agenda for Action of the World Congress Against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (Stockholm, 1996) and others, with support from various international agencies, such as the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for East Asia and the Pacific.

CCPCR has offices in various provinces in Cambodia, including two centers for vocational training. CCPCR has a full time staff of over 40 people, and staff are given the opportunities to participate in international activities, such as attending seminars, conferences, and courses on human rights.

CCPCR works comprehensively, providing services in the areas of prevention, investigation and rescue, recovery, and reintegration of victims.

In the area of investigation and rescue, CCPCR investigators search sex establishments for minor girls in prostitution, investigate incidents reported by members of the community, and provide legal protection to the children against the offenders. In the year 2000, CCPCR rescued 217 at-risk children and victims of rape, trafficking, violence, and illicit detention, and prosecuted 13 offenders out of 30.

CCPCR engages in awareness raising and advocacy, and organizes training workshops with participants at all levels of the communities, including village chiefs, representatives of the government, and teachers. CCPCR prepares participants of its training programs to reach out to their communities and to themselves become disseminators of information.