A/HRC/RES/15/20 (f) The efforts made by the Government of Cambodia in combating corruption, including the adoption of the penal code and the anti-corruption law as well as the appointment of the members of the National Council for Anti-Corruption; (g) The efforts made by the Government of Cambodia in combating trafficking in persons, including the enforcement of the law on the suppression of human trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation, the enactment of the Policy and National Minimum Standards for the Protection of the Rights of Victims of Human Trafficking and participation in the United Nations Inter-Agency Project on Human Trafficking in the Greater Mekong Sub-region; (h) The efforts made by the Government of Cambodia to resolve land issues through the implementation of land reform; (i) The commitments made by the Government of Cambodia to adhere to and implement its obligations under the international human rights conventions, including to establish a national human rights institution and to encourage that this be done upon sufficient consultation with relevant stakeholders; (j) The efforts made by the Cambodian Human Rights Committee, especially in resolving complaints from people; (k) The efforts made by the Government of Cambodia to adhere to its obligations under international human rights treaties, including the submission of its report to the Committee against Torture in October 2009; (l) The efforts and progress made by the Government of Cambodia in promoting decentralization and deconcentration reform with the aim of achieving democratic development by strengthening subnational and grass-roots institutions, including the adoption of the National Programme for Sub-National Development 2010-2019 by the Council of Ministers, while recognizing the need to strengthen further the enforcement capacity of the national election committee; (m) The promulgation of the National Disability Law in December 2009, and the approval of a sub-decree on procedures for the registration of the land of indigenous minority communities and a policy on the development of indigenous minorities by the Council of Ministers in April 2009; 5. Expresses its concern about some areas of human rights practices in Cambodia, and urges the Government of Cambodia: (a) To continue to strengthen its efforts to establish the rule of law, including through the adoption and implementation of essential laws and codes for establishing a democratic society; (b) To continue its efforts at judicial reform, especially to ensure the independence, impartiality, transparency and effectiveness of the judicial system as a whole, including through the adoption of the law on the status of judges and prosecutors and the law on the organization and the functioning of the courts, as required by the Constitution, and through the transfer of knowledge of court officials at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia and the sharing of good practices at the Court; (c) To continue its efforts to combat corruption, including by the implementation of an anti-corruption law; (d) To continue to enhance its efforts to investigate urgently and to prosecute, in accordance with due process of law and its obligations under international human rights treaties, all those who have perpetrated serious crimes, including violations of human rights; 3

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