Jan 20, 2025 · Significant human rights issues included credible reports of: arbitrary or unlawful killings, including extrajudicial killings; cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment by government officials; arbitrary arrest or detention; serious problems with the independence of the judiciary; political prisoners; transnational repression against...

Significant human rights issues included credible reports of: arbitrary or unlawful killings, including extrajudicial killings; cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment by government officials; arbitrary arrest or detention; serious problems with the independence of the judiciary; political prisoners; transnational repression agains...

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Jan 20, 2009 · Economic development and the improvement of road, bridge, and communications networks in Laos have created opportunities for the illicit drug trade to grow. The Lao government recognizes the threat posed by illegal narcotics production and trafficking and has well-articulated policies to address it.

Enhance the implementation of the international human rights treaties, to which the Lao People’s Democratic Republic is a party and the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration to benefit the entire Lao...

MCC is an independent U.S. Government foreign aid agency based on the principle that aid is most effective when it reinforces good governance, economic freedom and investments in people.

The Lao People’s Democratic Republic is an authoritarian centralized one-party state ruled by its only constitutionally authorized party, the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party.

The Mekong Region Land Governance Project (MRLG) in Laos aims to formalize land rights by 2025, but customary tenure rights, particularly in agricultural and forest areas, remain vulnerable to encroachment and loss.

Mar 18, 2025 · Laos will merge several government ministries, reducing their number from 17 to 13, in a bid to cut costs and improve efficiency, the ruling Lao People’s Revolutionary Party said in a plan...

The Mekong River Commission (MRC) strongly supports Lao PDR in the country’s endeavor to advance its national climate change adaption planning, says an MRC Secretariat official.