A/HRC/45/51/Add.1 85. With assistance from UNICEF and other Development Partners, MoEYS has produced special radio programs for indigenous groups in two indigenous languages. In addition, MoEYS has produced cartoon broadcasted on social media and TV. 86. The Ministry has also been able to integrate sign language in the video contents for students with disability. 87. In certain remote areas where families do not have access to either online, radio or TV, the teachers use paper-based distance learning approach in which they visit houses to ensure education continuation and encourage students’ self-study. 88. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to threat the world, it is important to balance between prevention and education continuation. 89. The Ministry of Education rejects the groundless speculation that students “may carry out unpaid work in place of distance education.” 90. School Reopening: In preparation for the school reopening amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, The Ministry of Education has developed education response plan which includes strategies in school reopening, which will be conducted in three phases. The first phase is for schools with high safety standard from K-12. The second phase is for schools with medium safety standard, and the third one is for those with minimum standard. Even after COVID19, Cambodian schools will adopt online plus learning strategy or blended learning in which online and onsite education are employed at the same time. Paragraph 54 91. The draft report wrote: “The Special Rapporteur notes that such restrictions on the enjoyment of human rights may be permissible in certain circumstances, in particular if they are proportionate to the risk and only to the extent necessary to achieve the public health objective.” The Ministry of Health has implemented the COVID-19 Master Plan, comprehensive preventive measures and the prevention of transmission, for public prevention, regardless of race, religion, political tendency or foreign nationals, paid close attention to the poor and vulnerable people and thoroughly consulted with the InterMinisterial Committee under the wise leadership of Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia. Paragraph 57 92. The draft report wrote: “The Special Rapporteur calls on the Government to carefully plan to ensure any quarantine measures do not constitute arbitrary detention and that people’s safety and security is guaranteed. Ensuring the provision of basic essentials for those in quarantine is also necessary, including food, water and medicine.” The Ministry of Health has strictly implemented all preventive measures and the prevention of transmission through testing and a 14-day isolation/quarantine of all persons entering or returning to the Kingdom of Cambodia, either by air or by land border, with high responsibility, ensuring public safety and health. Paragraph 59 93. The draft report wrote: “The Special Rapporteur received concerns that public health measures were not equally accessible to the most vulnerable populations, including indigenous peoples, ethnic Vietnamese communities and persons with disabilities. Some of these groups do not speak Khmer and do not have access to official information. The limited initiatives to disseminate information to indigenous and ethnic Vietnamese communities were carried out on an ad-hoc basis. Most of the official information was not available in formats accessible to persons with disabilities.” The Ministry of Health has strictly adhered to the principle of universality of human rights, especially the right to information, by establishing and launching Hotline 115, in response to public inquiries, 24 hours a day, with regard to COVID-19 – i.e. receiving roughly 10,000 incoming calls per day. Press releases are made daily and through weekly press conferences on the current situation of the pandemic, preventive measures and the prevention of COVID-19 to the general public. Senior health officials broadcast through all types of social media, including radio, television 16