A/HRC/42/31 of cases being entered. All courts of first instance will have the database by the end of 2019. The Ministry of Justice announced it would create a data centre in Phnom Penh to facilitate data collection and analysis from all courts. 36. OHCHR started implementing a joint project with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on access to justice by persons with disabilities, funded by the United Nations Partnership to Promote the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Two training workshops were carried out for judges, prosecutors and lawyers from the three target provinces – Banteay Meanchey, Battambang and Siem Reap – to introduce them to the human rights approach to disability. OHCHR also organized two trainings for local organizations of persons with disabilities on documenting and monitoring cases of human rights violations. Three grants were awarded to organizations, including in relation to the provision of legal aid, assessing the situation of persons with disabilities in prison and supporting persons with psychosocial disabilities who are chained in their homes. 37. In a survey carried out in 2018, as part of the OHCHR Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia legacy programme, most judges surveyed considered the Annotated Code of Criminal Procedure, a flagship product of the programme, as a useful tool. OHCHR resumed its work with law students to discuss the programme’s legacy and fair trial rights, providing two lectures and facilitating one training for 30 university students in 2018. 38. Following its monitoring and advocacy activities, OHCHR produced a report on popular justice, including incidents of mob killings or beatings and cases of killings, beatings, harassment and eviction of people accused of practising witchcraft. The public report, to be launched in July 2019, highlights challenges in the judicial sector to deal with popular justice as well as progress in police and court investigations. The release of the report will mark the start of a public awareness campaign led by OHCHR together with the Cambodian Human Rights Committee, encouraging people not to participate in acts of popular justice and to report these to the police. 39. As part of its torture-prevention work, OHCHR collaborated with the National Committee against Torture and local prosecutors from Kratie and Tbong Khmum Provinces to organize a series of district-level briefings. More than 300 local law enforcement authorities were briefed on torture prevention, use of force and rights upon arrest, including relevant national legislation and international instruments. V. Advancing sustainable development through human rights 40. Economic growth continued at high levels of over 7 per cent, which has had positive effects for the enjoyment of economic and social rights. According to government figures, the poverty rate fell from 47.8 per cent in 2007 to 13.5 per cent in 2014. Nonetheless, the number of people just above the poverty line, also referred to as the “near poor”, has grown, highlighting the vulnerability of many people to economic and other shocks. In September 2018, UNDP released the Multidimensional Poverty Index – a complex measure based on 10 indicators including education, health and living standards – which placed the multidimensional poverty rate at 35 per cent for Cambodia, rating Cambodia 58 out of 105 countries.8 During the reporting period, the Government introduced the Law on the Minimum Wage and also increased the minimum wage for workers in the textile and footwear sector by 7 per cent in January 2019 to $182 a month. 41. In September 2018, the Government published its Rectangular Strategy Phase IV, setting out the main developmental goals and placing governance at its core. In November 2018, the Government published the Cambodian Sustainable Development Goals, including an additional goal on demining. The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia has highlighted the fact that the targets and indicators in relation to Cambodian Sustainable Development Goal 16 on peace, justice and strong institutions are significantly 8 8 “Clarification: multidimensional poverty is decreasing in Cambodia”, UNDP press release, 26 September 2018.