The programme has continued to strengthen institutional capacity of the provincial partner universities in human rights, research and gender. It was done
by providing pedagogical workshop series conducted by external resource person to enhance their capacitites and teaching in the aforementioned areas. In
2022, 24 lecturers (9 female) from the three provincial universities (USEA, UME and NUBB) went through 2,5 days intensive workshop series on Value Based
Pedagogy, Curricular and Research for Higher Educators designed to enhance the skills and expertise in both fundamental and advanced mothods for engaging student learners with values, rights, gender and evidencebased teaching. Moreover, a new course on Gender and Professional Development was
establised under the Faculty of Sociology and Community Development at one of provincial university partners, NUBB, with the aim to provide students with
gender knowledge before entering their work after graduation.
Another result is the increased interest in moot court course and competition
among teachers and students. This can be seen through the integration of the course into their programme/curriculum and expansion of the moot court to nonpartner universities in the provinces (the first cooperation was only with USEA and UBB but later with UME, CUS and Western). Moot court competitions are also highly appreciated by the students and this can regard that it has become as an institutionalised component of RWIs cooperation programme with the Cambodian universities. In 2022 the three provincial university partners started running the university round moot court course and moot court competition for the first time by themselves.
Compendium of instrument and materials for lecturers to prepare classes and seminars on business and human rights in Cambodia has been developed (4
teaching demos in 2021 and 13 in 2022) with collaboration from different stakeholders such as university, international organisation, legal firms and
business school. This conpendium is not only an aid for teaching, but it also opens up another opportunity for RWI to expand HR education to business
schools and other related schools.
The cooperation among partner universities have also become stronger. It has been reported that now the universities have started coordinating their activities among themselves and without RWI as the facilitator. This can be viewed as a sustainability of the programme.
The Center for Study Humanitarian Law (CSHL), a unique research center in Cambodian context with capable human resource in human rights and research, remains the resource person for research training, and training and teaching on human rights and fair trial rights to students and professionals both at city and provincial universities. Research and training offered by the Centre focuses on human rights and humanitarian law including judicial independence, acceptance of international criminal justice concerning the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC), migrant workers, human rights of refugee, women rights and gender equality, LGBTs rights, labour rights, fair trial rights, environment and human rights, business and human rights, freedom of assembly, and juvenile justice. CSHL also argued that they could largely carry out any researches they wanted without having to relate to the political context. Moreover, the Center was also asked by RULE if they could establish PhD programme which was rejected by the Center as they think that they have not had enough capacity yet. This indicates a trust and recognition of the capacity of the Center. Provision of scholarship to university students to access human rights education in the country has been expanded to provincial students with disadvange background during Covid 19. In 2022, a total of 34 students received scholarships (17 to female students at RULE/ELBBL, 9 to USEA, 8 to UME). In addition, two students were awarded a master degree scholarship in human rights law in Lund despite Covid 19. A result from this scholarship programme is that students who graduated through the scholarship or undergone RWIsupported education either are holding a position at public institutions such as Ministry of Foreign Affairs, provincial departments or commune administrations, or at NGOs, law firms or consultancies. Some argued that they could relate skills gained through their human rights educations directly to the work they did in their present positions.
