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(b)
Finalize and publish the localization plan and policies for achieving
measurable success in attaining the Sustainable Development Goals;
(c)
Simplify the process for granting communal land titles and set out a plan
with objectives to do so;
(d)
Where this is not already the case, ensure that the list of court fees is
publicly displayed in Khmer in all courts and that any additional fees that clerks may
legitimately charge are also verified and publicly displayed;
(e)
Ensure that the notices indicating that no payments can be made to
prison guards or other staff at prisons are clearly displayed in Khmer at the entrance
to all detention centres;
(f)
Develop a manual on the collection, evaluation, use and storage of
evidence to strengthen the administration of justice;
(g)
Continue and expedite the compilation of key decisions of courts of first
instance, appeal courts and the Supreme Court;
(h)
Provide guidelines from the Supreme Council of the Magistracy to all
judges to use the pretrial detention form as a means to encourage reasoned judgments
for related decisions, and seek capacity-building support as required;
(i)
Release all detainees who have been charged and imprisoned without
sufficient substantiated evidence and who were arrested due to their political
affiliations, human rights work or the expression of their opinions;
(j)
Remove the ban on the 118 former CNRP members from engaging in
political activities and restore the former CNRP commune council seats and chief
positions to those elected in June 2017.
93.
The following recommendations are highlighted for consideration to determine
the best way to ensure that law and practice comply with international human rights
standards. The Government should:
(a)
Repeal provisions of the Criminal Code that can be used to restrict the
freedoms of expression, assembly and association in order to achieve greater
compatibility with international human rights standards, decriminalizing offences
such as defamation;
(b)
Ensure that the final version of the environmental and natural resources
code takes into consideration the inputs of civil society and United Nations agencies;
(c)
Increase efforts to systematically record and report legal cases with a
summary of the reasoning and provide comprehensive training to the judiciary on the
contents of the manual on evidence, once finalized;
(d)
Increase efforts to minimize pretrial detention and the use of noncustodial sentencing in appropriate cases, supporting this with public awarenessraising and information campaigns;
(e)
Introduce practical guidelines on alternative sentencing to enforce the
Law on Juvenile Justice and relevant provisions of the Criminal Code;
(f)
Increase efforts to publish the judicial decisions of all courts;
(g)
Provide, through the Ministry of Economy and Finance, sufficient
budgetary allocations for the communal land titling process as well as for legal aid;
(h)
Use interim measures for indigenous communities under article 23 (2) of
the Land Law 2001 with a view to halting all forms of land transactions until the
community concerned has received a final decision on its communal land title claim;
(i)
Ensure that centres housing users of drugs and other substances as well
as centres supporting persons with psychosocial and other disabilities are adequately
resourced and meet relevant international standards;
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