UN translates human rights’ info for indigenous peoples

The United Nations has translated a key human rights’ document into the Tumpoun indigenous peoples’ language so they can understand their right to participate in the development of their community. It is the first time that such documents have been translated into a Cambodian indigenous language.

The seminal Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), a charter of human rights’ standards adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1948 that enshrines the “foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world”, has been translated into Tumpoun with support from the Raoul Wallenberg Institute (RWI Cambodia).

RWI Cambodia director Ali Al Nasani said the country’s 30,000 Tumpoun speakers did not have much knowledge of the UDHR. The translation, which has also been made into an audio file, has been published in booklets that will be distributed in areas of Tumpoun speakers through a network of lawyers.

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