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information on revoked and downsized concessions. This tool will serve as a basis for
advocacy by NGOs and affected communities to reclaim their land. OHCHR also supported
Open Development Cambodia in designing, validating and launching an interactive map of
existing social land concessions.
47.
OHCHR continued to expand its focus on business and human rights, working
directly with national and subnational authorities, civil society organizations, community
representatives and business actors to increase their understanding of the Guiding Principles
on Business and Human Rights and their application in Cambodia. In partnership with the
Cambodian Corporate Social Responsibility Platform, the NGO Forum on Cambodia and
the Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC), OHCHR
organized and delivered five training sessions and peer-to-peer discussions among private
companies on the adoption and implementation of due diligence policies in Cambodia that
were attended by more than 120 representatives of private businesses, local authorities,
human rights defenders and community activists. In addition, OHCHR aired six live
interactive radio talk shows on related themes with a variety of guest speakers from grassroots associations, national and international NGOs, Government, United Nations agencies
and businesses, and individual experts. However, the radio broadcast of the talk shows was
prevented owing to the fact that the licence of the partner’s broadcasting radio station had
been revoked. Until new relays were found, the radio programme could continue only
online, which restricted the audience to those who had access to the Internet.
48.
OHCHR registered the adverse impact of the land titling process on indigenous and
other communities who claim to have lost land due to land disputes or inconsistent
implementation of government policies. OHCHR received petitions from individuals and
groups who sought its intervention and legal advice on their disputes and concerns. It
conducted field visits to ascertain facts, engaged with the relevant authorities, facilitated
dialogue among the parties, monitored the work of dispute resolution mechanisms and
provided legal and procedural advice to communities and the civil society organizations
supporting them.
VI. Supporting engagement with the international human rights
mechanisms
49.
OHCHR assisted the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in
Cambodia with preparations for a visit that the Special Rapporteur had requested to
undertake in December. In the absence of a response from the Government, the Special
Rapporteur subsequently requested that the visit take place in March 2018.
50.
The Government has yet to submit overdue reports to the Committee on Economic,
Social and Cultural Rights, the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, the
Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Committee on Enforced
Disappearances, as well as its response to the list of issues of the Committee against
Torture. OHCHR continued its technical support to the Cambodian Human Rights
Committee, the Disability Action Council, the Ministry of Interior and the Cambodian
National Council on Children for monitoring progress under the international human rights
treaties. It also provided assistance to civil society organizations on engaging with the
United Nations human rights mechanisms.
51.
In this regard, with support from the OHCHR treaty body capacity-building
programme, the Office conducted two training sessions with the Cambodian Human Rights
Committee, with the participation of representatives of ministries and other institutions
responsible for implementing treaty body recommendations, to increase the capacity of
officials involved in drafting reports to treaty bodies. To continue strengthening the
implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at the local
level, OHCHR supported training by the Disability Action Council of its local officials in
Koh Kong Province in November.
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