The United Nations human rights chief, Louise Arbour, has opened talks with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen.
Ms Arbour is the first UN high commissioner for human rights to visit Cambodia since 2002.
She arrived on Monday for a week of talks with top leaders following a deterioration in relations between UN rights officials and the Phnom Penh government.
Earlier this year, Hun Sen demanded the sacking of current UN rights envoy, Yash Ghai, after he blamed the premier's grip on power for Cambodia's lack of reform.
Ms Arbour is also meeting local rights groups as well as administrators from a UN-backed tribunal to try surviving leaders of the Khmer Rouge regime, blamed for the deaths of almost 1.7 million people in the 1970s.
The tribunal is expected to open in the coming months.
Ms Arbour is the first UN high commissioner for human rights to visit Cambodia since 2002.
She arrived on Monday for a week of talks with top leaders following a deterioration in relations between UN rights officials and the Phnom Penh government.
Earlier this year, Hun Sen demanded the sacking of current UN rights envoy, Yash Ghai, after he blamed the premier's grip on power for Cambodia's lack of reform.
Ms Arbour is also meeting local rights groups as well as administrators from a UN-backed tribunal to try surviving leaders of the Khmer Rouge regime, blamed for the deaths of almost 1.7 million people in the 1970s.
The tribunal is expected to open in the coming months.
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