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This paper reviews the impact of international assistance on Cambodia’s human rights sector after the signing of the Paris Peace Accords in 1991. It explains to what extent the Cambodian human rights situation has improved over the past two decades. In so doing, the paper addresses some of the crucial structural socio-economic and political factors that have hindered the development of effective human rights institutions in Cambodia. In addition, it relates some of the developments in the Cambodian human rights field to the broad range of human rights initiatives and NGOs that have been supported by the internatinal community over the past decade. Finally, the paper assesses the level of institutionalization of crucial human rights organizations and the impact this has had on the process of democratization in Cambodia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]