A/HRC/33/39 indigenous languages an interactive voice response app on indigenous land law in Cambodia, which already existed in the Tompuon language. The apps help to bring knowledge on human rights to those who may not otherwise have access to it, including those in rural areas, indigenous groups, and persons with visual impairments. Persons with an Android smartphone may choose which information they wish to access, download it and listen to it offline at their convenience. VII. Supporting engagement with international human rights mechanisms 74. OHCHR continued to raise awareness of the work of international human rights mechanisms. It promoted the ratification of the human rights treaties not yet ratified by Cambodia, including the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families and the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. 75. OHCHR provided technical support to the Cambodian Human Rights Committee and the Disability Action Council on the reporting requirements of the United Nations treaty bodies, and supported consultations with stakeholders, including civil society organizations. In December, OHCHR and the Committee organized a joint meeting to follow up on the recommendations addressed to Cambodia during its universal periodic review, in preparation for the mid-term report due in late 2016. Good practices were shared regarding the establishment of a national mechanism for reporting on and follow-up to the recommendations of expert human rights mechanisms. 76. With regard to the Government’s obligations under the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture, in 2015, the Ministry of the Interior announced its intention to draft new sub-legislation, in a royal decree, to replace the current sub-decree on the national preventive mechanism and to amend its composition. In 2016, the Ministry announced its decision to allocate prison management and torture prevention responsibilities to different State Secretaries, and that it would reflect the changes in a law. The preparation of such a new legal basis represents an opportunity to improve the compliance of a new national preventive mechanism with the Optional Protocol, in particular to strengthen its independence from the prison and other detention authorities that it is intended to monitor. 77. In September 2015 and March 2016, OHCHR supported the first and second visits conducted by the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia. The Special Rapporteur chose to focus on marginalized groups, using discrimination as a lens to view the prevailing situation of human rights. Women and indigenous peoples were identified as the focus of her second mission. VIII. Mainstreaming human rights within the United Nations framework 78. OHCHR continued to play an active role in the United Nations country team in Cambodia, coordinating in particular the Human Rights Theme Group, which played an active role in discussing opportunities and challenges in integrating human rights in the localization process of the Sustainable Development Goals. OHCHR has been active in sharing information and briefings on human rights issues in Cambodia within the United Nations system at the country, regional and international levels. 79. The United Nations Development Assistance Framework for 2016-2018 entered its first year of implementation during the period under review. The new Framework fully 15

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