A/HRC/18/47 advised the relevant authorities in several instances to ensure due process of law, which resulted in the release of several of these individuals. 41. For forcibly evicted communities, OHCHR continues to advocate for the adoption of a policy on resettlement to improve current practices. This recommendation is in part based on an extensive assessment conducted by OHCHR, entitled “Eviction and resettlement in Cambodia: human costs, impacts and solutions,” which examines several examples of evictions and relocation, both positive and negative, and analyses their impacts on the living conditions of the affected families with regard to access to housing, water, education and health care, and on the opportunity to generate income and recreate a livelihood. The particular effects on women and children are highlighted. The study has been presented to the Government as a basis for discussion on a resettlement framework that builds on domestic law and local and international good practices. 42. OHCHR continues to incorporate general principles on business and human rights into its Land and Housing Rights programme, and advocates for State responsibility in relation to human rights abuses by third parties, including private enterprises. In addition, OHCHR works with selected companies to encourage them to apply human rights standards to their activities. Future activities will build on the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: Implementing the United Nations “Protect, Respect and Remedy” Framework, drafted by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises and endorsed by the Human Rights Council at its seventeenth session (see Council resolution 17/4). V. Rule of law 43. Respecting the rights of individuals to have access to justice and to participate fully in the democratic process remains a cornerstone of the Government’s legal and judicial reform strategy. Yet despite this commitment, progress towards reforming the court system, strengthening the independence of institutions and promoting a transparent legislative process remained slow during the reporting period. Systemic challenges in the justice system, including a lack of resources at the disposal of the Ministry of Justice and courts, ongoing corrupt practices, and the widespread influence of the executive in the court system, continue to pose significant challenges to securing public trust in the legal system and entrench a cynicism on the part of NGOs towards the Government. Despite these setbacks, the OHCHR Rule of Law programme continued to support the work of both the Government and civil society to promote and protect Cambodians’ civil and political rights within the State’s existing legal framework, as well as to encourage ongoing reform of State institutions and the ratification of human rights instruments. 44. A key role of OHCHR is to support the strengthening of the rule of law by developing the legal basis for the promotion and protection of human rights through the adoption of international standards under Cambodian law. In 2010, the programme prioritized working with the Government to move towards the ratification of individual complaints mechanisms under the human rights treaties to which Cambodia is party and eventual ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The programme supported organizations working with persons with disabilities to adopt a rights-based approach to their work. This included a training for the Cambodian Disabled People’s Organization in June 2011, and the production of accessible versions of human rights documentation, including in Braille. 45. Complementing its work on the adoption of international instruments, OHCHR continued to assist in making laws publicly available and accessible, as well as to increase 12