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65.
The office facilitated the participation of the Special Representative of the
Secretary-General on human rights defenders, Hina Jilani, in activities to commemorate Human
Rights Day in December. The Special Representative participated in a panel discussion on
Human Rights and Poverty organized by the Cambodian Human Rights Action Committee. She
addressed a large gathering at Phnom Penh’s Olympic stadium, organized by around
90 organizations. She visited the Cambodian Women’s Crisis Centre and met with its staff. She
subsequently met with a range of NGOs and groups working on human rights, and legal and
development issues to explain her mandate and to share her experiences. She also met with
representatives of the United Nations Country Team, bilateral donors, the diplomatic community
and members of the press.
66.
As part of a programme to publish new translations in Khmer of the core human rights
treaties, the office jointly published with UNICEF a revised translation of the Convention on the
Rights of the Child, and coordinated with UNIFEM in publishing the Convention on the
Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. The office’s publication of a
revised translation of the International Bill of Human Rights was reprinted. The office issued
and distributed new publications of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Declaration
on Human Rights Defenders and the Principles to establish National Institutions in Khmer and
English.
67.
The office continued to distribute throughout Cambodia the fourth edition of the
Compilation of Laws in Khmer, which it published in September 2005. Demand for the
Compilation has remained strong, as obtaining the text of laws still continues to be difficult. The
Compilation is now also available on the office’s website, which will be maintained and
upgraded so as to allow for easy updates and additions as new legislation is adopted. The office
will soon provide the contents of the Compilation in CD-ROM format in order to make it more
user-friendly and readily available to practitioners and a wider academic audience.
68.
The office website was maintained and regularly updated. It contains all public materials
in English and in Khmer that the office and the Special Representatives of the Secretary-General
for human rights in Cambodia have produced, as well as materials of special rapporteurs and
United Nations and treaty-body documents and resolutions relevant to Cambodia.
69.
The office continued to translate into Khmer and distribute publications, laws and
information materials to the government ministries, the general public, NGOs, students and
government officials.
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Office staff regularly participated in seminars and workshops, often acting as resource
persons. These included training seminars for NGOs on using and understanding international
human rights protection mechanisms, a two-day course in human rights to a group of students at
the National Gendarme School in Kambol, and a briefing session with the Senate Human Rights
Commission, focusing on the role of Parliament in the promotion and protection of human rights.
Regional office staff participated in several workshops and seminars on human rights and land
and livelihood issues, organized by NGOs and provincial authorities, and helped to organize an
event in Battambang town on Human Rights Day, under the theme Human Rights and Poverty.
The office also issued an information note on Human Rights Day on “Human rights and
poverty”.
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