My Rights, My Responsibility (ICCPR) Series

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

Ratified, acceded by UN General Assembly in December 1966, entry into force March 1976. Cambodia ratified the ICCPR (thus, a part of Cambodia’s body of laws) and is obligated to submit regular reports to the United Nations.

Part III

Article 16

Everyone shall have the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law.