A/HRC/42/60 (a) Release Kem Sokha from detention and conclude the investigation of the charges against him swiftly or drop the charges; (b) Address disenfranchisement at the local level, including, for example, new elections at the commune level that respect the people’s rights to vote and to be elected at genuine periodic elections, guaranteeing the free expression of the will of the electors; (c) Create a space for political dialogue between the Government and opposition political actors, including members of the former Cambodia National Rescue Party, and hold discussions including on reinstating the 118 banned members of the Cambodia National Rescue Party; (d) Submit overdue treaty body reports, update the common core document and systematically address (in consultation with stakeholders) the concluding observations of the treaty bodies and the recommendations of the special procedures and the universal periodic review; (e) Allow civil society organizations to undertake activities at the subnational level without harassment and surveillance or any undue restrictions; (f) Allow peaceful demonstrations in compliance with the Law on Peaceful Demonstration and its implementing guidelines and stop the excessive use of force when policing assemblies; (g) Launch a participatory process, including consultation with civil society organizations, to review and amend, as necessary, the Law on Political Parties, the Law on Associations and Non-Governmental Organizations, the Trade Union Law and the Telecommunications Law to bring them into line with international human rights standards; (h) Adopt the law on access to information as a means of promoting greater transparency of government institutions; (i) Consider adopting a comprehensive law on non-discrimination to help ensure that no one is left behind; (j) Review Cambodian Sustainable Development Goal 16 to ensure comprehensive and more ambitious coverage of the targets and indicators set out in Sustainable Development Goal 16; (k) Ensure much deeper engagement of the Ministry of Justice, the AntiCorruption Unit and the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction to capture key policies in the Cambodian Sustainable Development Goals; (l) Hold a national conference to follow up on and promote coordinated implementation of the recommendations from the third universal periodic review and the outcome of the voluntary national review of implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals in July 2019; (m) Increase the space for a free press, including for independent journalists, to operate, and review or drop the charges against the two former Radio Free Asia journalists; (n) Undertake a comprehensive study that identifies those at risk of being left behind in the implementation of the Cambodian Sustainable Development Goals and ways to improve data collection, disaggregation and analysis to ensure the monitoring of Goals takes into account those most at risk of being left behind; (o) Continue the dialogue between the Ministry of the Interior and civil society organizations, expand and strengthen the dialogue at the subnational level and include other ministries and government authorities; (p) Ensure respect for the economic and social rights of communities along the Tonle Sap prior to any relocation and ensure that all members of Vietnamese communities enjoy legal identity and birth registration; 19

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