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during the reporting period, preparation sessions were held for delegations to sessions of
the Committee against Torture and the Committee on the Rights of the Child. The
Government’s decision to send delegations from the capital to these treaty body sessions,
after a hiatus, is to be welcomed. In May 2010, the Government received the confidential
report of the December 2009 visit by the Sub-Committee on Prevention of Torture and
Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. At the Government’s
request, OHCHR translated the Subcommittee’s report into Khmer and discussed
possibilities for implementation, including the establishment of an NPM.
60.
The reporting period saw significant developments in the Government’s follow-up
to the 91 universal periodic review recommendations accepted by Cambodia in December
2009. OHCHR, together with the Embassy of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland, the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency and the
European Union, supported the CHRC to develop a series of steps towards a national action
plan for the implementation of the universal periodic review recommendations and those of
the recent treaty body reviews. In September 2010, the follow-up process under the
universal periodic review was introduced and explained to all relevant ministries, following
which the Government allocated responsibility for groups of recommendations among the
various ministries. OHCHR brought an expert from Indonesia in April 2011 to share
experiences on structures to ensure the implementation of the recommendations of the
universal periodic review, and a national universal periodic review workshop with all
stakeholders is planned for July 2011.
VIII.
Staffing and administration
61.
OHCHR maintains a head office in Phnom Penh and a regional branch in
Battambang. The office maintained 8 international staff positions (and 1 international
United Nations Volunteer) during the reporting period, and increased the number of
national posts to 27, with the additional recruitment of 3 national professional officer
positions.
62.
The United Nations regular budget covers the office’s operational expenses,
including the salaries of 7 international and 20 national staff members. Voluntary
contributions to the United Nations Trust Fund for a Human Rights Education Programme
in Cambodia cover all other expenditures, including substantive programme activities and
the remaining salaries of staff members.
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