A/HRC/42/60 forms of violence; ending the abuse and torture of children; reducing corruption and developing accountable institutions; ensuring public access to information and protecting fundamental freedoms; strengthening national institutions to prevent violence and combat crime; and promoting and enforcing non-discriminatory laws and policies for sustainable development. Considering that many recommendations that Cambodia has received from United Nations human rights monitoring mechanisms relate to Sustainable Development Goal 16, the Special Rapporteur recommends that the targets and indicators related to the Cambodian Goals be reviewed to better reflect existing gaps and the expressed commitment of the Government to address them. 28. Other human rights aspects of the Sustainable Development Goals have not been carried over to the Cambodian Goals. For example, while the Cambodian Goals include all the Sustainable Development Goals, they do not reflect specific rights-related targets or the means of implementation related to providing access to affordable essential medicines and vaccines (target 3.8); ensuring human rights education and gender equality education (target 4.7); equal rights for women to economic resources and access to ownership and control over land and other property (target 5.A); achieving decent work for all women and men, young people and persons with disabilities and equal pay for work of equal value (target 8.5); eradicating forced labour, modern slavery and the worst forms of child labour (target 8.7); protecting labour rights and safe and secure working environments, including for migrant workers (target 8.8); eliminating discriminatory laws, policies and practices and promoting appropriate legislation, policies and actions in this regard (target 10.3); and ensuring access to adequate, safe and affordable housing (target 11.1). 29. The effective removal of many human rights aspects from the Cambodian Sustainable Development Goals Framework becomes even more apparent at the level of indicators, as important human rights-related indicators are missing. That is most apparent in relation to Sustainable Development Goals 8 and 16. There are also some gaps in other areas, including measuring multi-stakeholder partnerships, an important aspect of promoting participation in the implementation and monitoring of the Cambodian Goals. 30. Other human rights-related indicators appear in the Cambodian Goals, although with changes that are significant from a human rights perspective. That is particularly relevant in relation to the disaggregation of data. For example, indicator 1.3.1 measures the “proportion of population covered by social protection floors/systems, by sex, distinguishing children, unemployed persons, older persons, persons with disabilities, pregnant women, newborns, work-injury victims and the poor and the vulnerable”. Under the Cambodian Goals, the indicator is “proportion of the poor and the vulnerable receiving social emergency and relief services”. Consequently, an important human rights aspect of the Sustainable Development Goals, leaving no one behind, has been lost. 5 However, it is important to note that indicator 17.18.1 of the Cambodian Goals measures the “proportion of sustainable development indicators produced at the national level with full disaggregation when relevant to the target, in accordance with the Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics”. That will help to ensure continued attention is paid to improving disaggregation and maintaining a focus on leaving no one behind. 31. During her mission in May 2019, the Special Rapporteur secured confirmation that the Cambodian Goals may be revisited following the voluntary national review. That would enable specific targets and indicators which map on to government policies and priorities to be included: for Goal 16, the development of a legal aid policy, efforts to reduce pretrial detention, combating corruption, or ending violence against women and children. 5 8 Other examples where the indicators for the Cambodian Goals do not reflect disaggregation in the indicators Sustainable Development Goals include indicators 1.4.1, 4.1.1, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 5.4.1 of the Cambodian Goals.

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