A/HRC/30/58 I. Introduction 1. The present report, the first to be submitted by the newly appointed Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia, was prepared pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 24/29. The Special Rapporteur was appointed in March 2015, took up her appointment on 1 May 2015 and, owing to logistical difficulties, was unable to undertake the scheduled initial visit before the present report was submitted. 2. The outgoing Special Rapporteur, Surya P. Subedi, undertook a visit to Cambodia from 17 to 25 January 2015, during which he met with a wide range of stakeholders, including representatives of the Government, the opposition political parties, civil society organizations and citizens. The details of his visit and his views thereon are contained in his final press statement.1 3. During the reporting period, several periodic reports submitted by Cambodia were considered by United Nations treaty bodies. The Human Rights Committee considered the second periodic report of the country (CCPR/C/KHM/2) and issued its concluding observations (CCPR/C/KHM/CO/2). The Committee on the Rights of the Child considered the progress Cambodia had made in implementing the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict and issued its concluding observations thereon (CRC/C/OPAC/KHM/CO/1). It also considered the progress Cambodia had made in implementing the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography and issued its concluding observations thereon (CRC/C/OPSC/KHM/CO/1). 4. The initial reports of Cambodia on the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance are due in 2015. The periodic reports of Cambodia on the implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination are overdue. In preparation for the third periodic report of Cambodia on the implementation of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, the Committee against Torture published its list of issues prior to reporting (CAT/C/KHM/Q/3) and is awaiting the State’s response. 5. The International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families is the only one of the nine core human rights treaties that Cambodia has signed but not yet ratified. However, during the second cycle of the universal periodic review, Cambodia accepted recommendations to consider ratification of that instrument.2 II. Communications 6. With respect to individual communication procedures, Cambodia has ratified the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. However, no communications were received under that procedure during the reporting period. 1 2 2 See http://cambodia.ohchr.org/WebDOCs/DocNewsIndex/2015/012015/Press_statement_23-Jan2015_Eng.pdf. See A/HRC/26/16, paras. 118.6-118.8.