A/HRC/24/32 included general comment No. 34 of the Human Rights Committee on freedom of opinion and expression, while new publications included an illustrated version of the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights targeting indigenous communities and printed in cooperation with the Indigenous Community Support Organization. In all, more than 75,000 copies of publications and other forms of information materials were disseminated during the period under review. This included 424 sets of information materials to all government high schools throughout the country in support of a government-led human rights competition. 57. The Office continued to provide small human rights libraries to universities and State-run teacher training centres around the country, as well as major government institutions. By end of June 2013, the Office will have delivered 70 sets of human rights materials to 60 recipient institutions. 58. Of all the grants funded by OHCHR during the period under review, two focused on the media. One, which was given to the Cambodian Centre for Independent Media, supported a training initiative for indigenous community representatives on the effective utilization of media for indigenous rights advocacy. An earlier grant to Pour un Sourire d’Enfant helped to produce three films – on sexual abuse, domestic violence and child slavery – from a rights-based perspective. The films are currently being screened across Cambodia. 59. On Human Rights Day 2012, OHCHR staff participated in and monitored 31 community-led events in eight cities and provinces. In advance, the Office distributed 200 packs containing various materials to be used in celebrating the Day across the country. A 2-minute Khmer animation film on freedom of opinion, expression and assembly set in a land dispute scenario was launched online and later shown at public events and training courses. The Office also joined with United Nations agencies to celebrate other international days, including World Press Freedom Day (with UNESCO) and the 16-day campaign to end violence against women led by the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women). The Office also supported the printing of public awareness-raising campaign leaflets on the national election, developed by the Neutral and Impartial Committee for Free and Fair Elections in Cambodia, and on the rights of working women, by the Cambodian Labour Confederation. It also supported a one-month radio programme on the rights of persons with disabilities conducted by the Battambang-based Voice of the Blind organization. VII. Treaty bodies, special procedures and the universal periodic review 60. In December 2012, Cambodia submitted its second periodic report under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which had been overdue since 2002. OHCHR provided extensive support to the Government in the preparation of this and other overdue reports. With this report submitted, Cambodia, with the assistance of OHCHR, has cleared its backlog of outstanding reports. 61. The Office continued to support the work of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia during his missions to the country in December 2012 and May 2013. Other requests for official missions by other special procedures mandate holders were not accepted by the Government during the period under review. The SecretaryGeneral encourages the Government of Cambodia to continue its cooperation with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia and to consider inviting also thematic special procedures mandate holders, in order to benefit from their specific expertise. 15

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