A/HRC/30/30 Commission on Human Rights, Complaints and Investigation of the National Assembly, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia and leading civil society representatives have participated in debates on various issues. 60. During the period under review, the dissemination of publications and other information materials by OHCHR increased in both English and Khmer. OHCHR Cambodia printed more than 40 titles in the two languages, including several OHCHR core publications in Khmer, such as the Civil Society Handbook and the Handbook for Parliamentarians. Its expanding work on business and human rights was supported by the publication of a Khmer/English version of a United Nations interpretive guide entitled “The Corporate Responsibility to Respect Human Rights”, which the Office distributed to various chambers of commerce and businesses. OHCHR also distributed approximately 5,000 copies in Khmer and English of the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, and 2,000 copies of the OHCHR picture book entitled “Protect, Respect, Remedy: A Guide on Business and Human Rights”. OHCHR had translated in Khmer and disseminated the concluding observations of the Human Rights Committee adopted in March 2015 (CCPR/C/KHM/CO/2). It also produced and disseminated a thematically organized table of recommendations on Cambodia made by all international human rights mechanisms to facilitate their implementation. 61. OHCHR translated into Khmer four general comments of human rights treaty bodies: general comment No. 35 of the Human Rights Committee on liberty and security of person (CCPR/C/GC/35); general comments Nos. 1 and 2 of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on equal recognition before the law (CRPD/C/GC/1) and on accessibility (CRPD/C/GC/2); and general comment No. 2 of the Committee against Torture on the implementation of article 2 of the Convention against Torture by State parties (CAT/C/GC/2). To date, OHCHR has distributed more than 200,000 copies of publications and other information materials to government institutions, students, law professionals, journalists, United Nations entities, partner non-governmental organizations and the general public. 62. OHCHR continued its popular practice of opening its doors to the general public one day a week for members of the general public, who are thus given access to human rights materials of interest. 63. The Office commemorated key international days, including the 16 days of activism on violence against women, Human Rights Day, World Press Freedom Day (with UNESCO) and the International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia (with the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and UN-Women). OHCHR organized or participated in commemoration events, distributed promotional and informational material and contributed opinion pieces to increase awareness. On Human Rights Day 2014, OHCHR contributed to numerous activities organized by local and national authorities, development partners and civil society organizations, and organized an online quiz competition on human rights issues. 64. OHCHR maintains a bilingual website, which continues to be the only United Nations Internet presence in Khmer. The new dynamic website, completed during the period under review, is scheduled to be launched in July 2015. In addition, OHCHR strengthened its use of social media channels for information dissemination and developed a short film on its role and achievements in Cambodia. VIII. Supporting engagement with the international mechanisms 65. Following the twenty-sixth session of the Human Rights Council, in June 2014, when the Government presented its final position on universal periodic review 14

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