A/HRC/45/56 Discrimination against Women. The United Nations country team submitted information towards a study by the Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material, regarding safeguards for child protection in surrogacy arrangements (A/HRC/37/60), and towards a study by the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, on domestic violence in the context of COVID-19, to be presented at a future session of the Human Rights Council. 70. On 4 November 2019, OHCHR, UN-Women and UNICEF trained a group of Cambodian United Nations peacekeepers before their deployment as military observers. The training covered the prevention of sexual abuse and exploitation, women, peace and security, and child protection. 71. OHCHR supported the response of the United Nations country team to the COVID19 pandemic. In May 2020, OHCHR provided a comprehensive briefing to country team members on the human rights aspects of the United Nations socioeconomic framework as articulated by the Secretary-General. OHCHR was a member of the technical working groups on social and economic responses, and of the core team on quarantine. The latter developed for the Government a code of conduct and a checklist for quarantine centres that set out minimum standards for creating safe spaces for women and children, in line with human rights principles. To mark International Human Rights Day on 10 December 2019, OHCHR organized a large public event in Phnom Penh under the theme “Youth standing up for human rights”, in partnership with the United Nations country team, the European Union delegation in Cambodia and the Cambodian Human Rights Committee. This event attracted more than 6,000 participants and offered a space to youth and to human rights and other civil society organizations to showcase their work, including on women’s rights, LGBTI rights and environmental issues. VIII. Increasing implementation of the outcomes of international human rights mechanisms 72. OHCHR supported the Government’s preparations for its periodic reviews under the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. The Cambodian National Council for Women, a governmental mechanism, translated the concluding observations of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women into Khmer, and will disseminate them to relevant agencies, with the support of UN-Women. 73. OHCHR continued to provide technical assistance to the Cambodian Human Rights Committee, including in follow-up to the recommendations of the human rights treaty bodies and the outcomes of the third cycle of the country’s universal periodic review. 74. OHCHR supported civil society and community organizations to engage with the United Nations human rights system. In October 2019, OHCHR and the Resident Coordinator organized two workshops on the universal periodic review and on best practices to support the implementation of recommendations and associated indicators. OHCHR also provided advice to civil society organizations and other stakeholders on developing alternate reports to treaty bodies and submissions to the special procedures. 75. In October 2019, in follow-up to the third cycle of the universal periodic review of Cambodia, OHCHR organized a workshop in partnership with the Resident Coordinator, the Cambodian Human Rights Committee, and the international NGO UPR Info. The workshop focused on the outcomes accepted by Cambodia and highlighted best practices on implementation, including with civil society. Representatives of government ministries, civil society and the diplomatic community attended the event. 76. The Government’s initial reports under the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance are overdue. Its replies to the list of issues of the Committee against Torture, in advance of its third review, is also overdue. 14