A/HRC/27/43 with the Ministry of Rural Development and a working group of NGOs to address key challenges in the process. OHCHR-Cambodia assisted in facilitating the representation of indigenous communities from seven different provinces during the workshop. OHCHR contributed to advocacy more generally for indigenous peoples’ land rights and cultural and linguistic rights through the media, including through press statements, publications and video. 44. In view of the growing influence of businesses on the enjoyment of human rights, OHCHR expanded its work in this area through awareness-raising and capacity-building initiatives. OHCHR targeted government ministries and officials, civil society organizations, community representatives and business actors, including through chambers of commerce, to increase their understanding of the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and their application in Cambodia. OHCHR gave presentations at nine seminars and consultations for civil society, reaching more than 350 representatives of NGOs and indigenous communities nationwide, and supported the building of greater capacity for civil society to access non-judicial mechanisms for addressing business-related human rights impact at the operational, national and international levels. In addition, approximately 5,000 Khmer and English copies of the Guiding Principles and 2,000 copies of the OHCHR Picture Book on Business and Human Rights: Protect, Respect and Remedy Framework (2013) were distributed. 45. Furthermore, OHCHR reached out to businesses directly to engage them in discussions on the implications of their operations. In December 2013, it hosted a visit by Puvan Selvanathan, a member of the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises, during which OHCHR coorganized a training session on business and human rights with the Cambodia Human Rights Committee, in which nine Government ministries and the Council for the Development of Cambodia participated. As the strikes for a higher minimum wage gained momentum in the second half of 2013, OHCHR engaged with various chambers of commerce, buyers for the leading international brands contracting work in Cambodia and the Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia, as well as the concerned ministries and ILO. OHCHR also continued to monitor the major labour strikes, particularly those where there was a risk of violence. At the time of drafting, the situation remains to be resolved, although progress is visible in the establishment of a proper wage determination mechanism that might peacefully settle the level of the minimum wage in the future by ensuring regular updates in a manner agreed to by all concerned parties. V. Supporting prison reform 46. The OHCHR Prison Reform Support Programme in the country is implemented in partnership with the General Department of Prisons of the Ministry of Interior. Specifically, OHCHR aims to bring the legal framework relating to prisons in line with constitutional guarantees and international human rights norms; assist the General Department of Prisons in developing a professional training programme for prison staff integrating human rights throughout the curriculum; improve prison conditions and the treatment of prisoners; and strengthen the protection of prisoners against torture and ill-treatment through regular monitoring. 47. OHCHR support since 2010 has yielded results with the promulgation of the new Royal Decree on the Separate Status of Prison Staff in August 2013. The new Decree replaced the previous Royal Decree adopted in 2000, which separated prisons from police but only created a cadre of junior prison guards, whereas higher ranking officers were still part of the police. Now, all staff are recognized as prison staff with a distinct mission, in accordance with international standards. The Decree creates a career path, reinforced with 12

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