A/HRC/9/28
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III. CONCLUSION
6.
Invites the Secretary-General, agencies of the United Nations system present in
Cambodia and the international community, including non-governmental organizations, to
continue to work with the Government of Cambodia in improving democracy as well as ensuring
the protection and promotion of the human rights of all people in Cambodia, including by
providing assistance, inter alia, in the fields of:
(a)
Drafting various laws necessary for protecting and promoting human rights;
(b) Capacity-building to strengthen legal institutions, including by improving the quality
of judges, prosecutors, lawyers and court staff;
(c) Capacity-building to strengthen national institutions for criminal investigation and
law enforcement as well as providing equipment necessary for these ends;
(d)
Assisting assessment of progress in human rights issues;
7.
Encourages the Government of Cambodia and the international community to
provide all the necessary assistance to the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia to
bring justice for the most serious cases of violations of human rights in the country, which would
ensure the non-return to the policies and practices of the past, as stipulated in the Agreement on a
Comprehensive Political Settlement of the Cambodia Conflict;
8.
Takes note of the work conducted by the Special Representative of the
Secretary-General on the situation of human rights in Cambodia and of the re-engagement of the
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights with the Government
of Cambodia;
9.
Decides to extend by one year the mandate of the special procedure on the situation
of human rights in Cambodia through the appointment of a special rapporteur to carry out the
former functions of the Special Representative to the Secretary-General, and requests the
Special Rapporteur to report on the implementation of his/her mandate to the Council at its
twelfth session and to engage in a constructive manner with the Government of Cambodia for the
further improvement of the situation of human rights in the country;
10. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the Council at its twelfth session on the
role and achievements of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner in assisting the
Government and the people of Cambodia in the promotion and protection of human rights;
11. Decides to continue its consideration of the situation of human rights in Cambodia at
its twelfth session.
22nd meeting
24 September 2008
Adopted without a vote.
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