A/HRC/45/51/Add.1 voluntary and community-based treatment and rehabilitation services. This proves that the Royal Government has taken care of and responded to paragraph 39 before COVID-19 came into existence. Paragraph 40 71. Pursuant to the 2012 Law on Drug Control, Chapter 6, Treatment and Rehabilitation Measures, referral of drug addicts for treatment and rehabilitation to centres shall not be initiated by force. Should drug addicts lack the capacity to express their intention to accept voluntary treatment and rehabilitation, in order to protect general interests and their benefits, forced treatment and rehabilitation shall be given by order of a prosecutor (Article 107, General Conditions for Forced Treatment and Rehabilitation). The Royal Government is paying attention to and resolving [the issue of] overcrowded drug treatment and rehabilitation centres – i.e. integrating victims who recover into their communities, preventing and suppressing drug trafficking, and disseminating [the information] about effects of drug use to citizens and being prepared to launch the National Centre for Drug Addiction Treatment and Rehabilitation (Keo Phos, Preah Sihanouk province) with national standards. The Royal Government is encouraging drug addicts to receive treatment and rehabilitation services in communities. Paragraph 40 72. Rescuing drug addicts is a priority task of the National Authority for Combating Drugs. It has so far provided various treatment and rehabilitation services and amended the Law on Drug Control to ensure institutions with the rights to manage or refer drug addicts for treatment and rehabilitation, and those rights are maintained and protected, including the rights of drug addicts, the rights of drug addicts’ families, and the rights of others in communities where drug addicts live. For instance, Article 107 of the Law on Drug Control protects the rights of drug addicts. Articles 105 and 106 define the authority to administer or refer drug addicts and provide options for drug addicts in order for them to receive treatment and rehabilitation rather than imprisonment. These points provide a basis for the past practice – i.e. complying with the legal procedure. Paragraph 43 73. Regarding to this case, Ministry of interior issued the instruction No 015, dated 01 July 2019 on the issuance of administrative documents and civil certificate to Cambodian spouses, Children and foreign migrants. Re-registration for children who was born from Cambodian spouses and foreign migrants is required to complete the form for annulment of civil registry which the working group withdrew the abnormal Cambodian administrative documents in order to be able to re-register civil status in accordance with the procedure carrying out the civil registration works. Paragraph 44 74. . The Report hopes that drafted revision of immigration law 1994 which have been currently reviewing and revising would address the shortcomings of exiting procedures as cited in Point 43 above. In this case, it is a general comment, however, the working group of ministry of interior to amend and revise immigration law have been now discussing and taking all concerns into considerations. GDI thanking you for having raised such valuable comments. Paragraph 46 75. School is a neutral educational place where all kinds of discrimination are strongly prohibited. Providing free and non-discriminatory access to quality education is enshrined in the Cambodian Constitution and Education Law. The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport provides an inclusive and equitable quality education to all children and youth of all backgrounds regardless of race or ethnicity. The Ministry pays extraordinary attention to the vulnerable groups through the provision of special education programs such as bi-lingual and multi-lingual education programs to ethnic minorities and indigenous communities respectively to not only help them develop their communities through human resource 14

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