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(a)
Release Kem Sokha from detention and conclude the investigation of the
charges against him swiftly or drop the charges;
(b)
Address disenfranchisement at the local level, including, for example,
new elections at the commune level that respect the people’s rights to vote and to be
elected at genuine periodic elections, guaranteeing the free expression of the will of the
electors;
(c)
Create a space for political dialogue between the Government and
opposition political actors, including members of the former Cambodia National
Rescue Party, and hold discussions including on reinstating the 118 banned members
of the Cambodia National Rescue Party;
(d)
Submit overdue treaty body reports, update the common core document
and systematically address (in consultation with stakeholders) the concluding
observations of the treaty bodies and the recommendations of the special procedures
and the universal periodic review;
(e)
Allow civil society organizations to undertake activities at the
subnational level without harassment and surveillance or any undue restrictions;
(f)
Allow peaceful demonstrations in compliance with the Law on Peaceful
Demonstration and its implementing guidelines and stop the excessive use of force
when policing assemblies;
(g)
Launch a participatory process, including consultation with civil society
organizations, to review and amend, as necessary, the Law on Political Parties, the
Law on Associations and Non-Governmental Organizations, the Trade Union Law
and the Telecommunications Law to bring them into line with international human
rights standards;
(h)
Adopt the law on access to information as a means of promoting greater
transparency of government institutions;
(i)
Consider adopting a comprehensive law on non-discrimination to help
ensure that no one is left behind;
(j)
Review Cambodian Sustainable Development Goal 16 to ensure
comprehensive and more ambitious coverage of the targets and indicators set out in
Sustainable Development Goal 16;
(k)
Ensure much deeper engagement of the Ministry of Justice, the AntiCorruption Unit and the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and
Construction to capture key policies in the Cambodian Sustainable Development
Goals;
(l)
Hold a national conference to follow up on and promote coordinated
implementation of the recommendations from the third universal periodic review and
the outcome of the voluntary national review of implementation of the Sustainable
Development Goals in July 2019;
(m) Increase the space for a free press, including for independent journalists,
to operate, and review or drop the charges against the two former Radio Free Asia
journalists;
(n)
Undertake a comprehensive study that identifies those at risk of being
left behind in the implementation of the Cambodian Sustainable Development Goals
and ways to improve data collection, disaggregation and analysis to ensure the
monitoring of Goals takes into account those most at risk of being left behind;
(o)
Continue the dialogue between the Ministry of the Interior and civil
society organizations, expand and strengthen the dialogue at the subnational level and
include other ministries and government authorities;
(p)
Ensure respect for the economic and social rights of communities along
the Tonle Sap prior to any relocation and ensure that all members of Vietnamese
communities enjoy legal identity and birth registration;
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