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protection and promotion of human rights throughout the country. There remain a
number of outstanding recommendations to which the Government is invited to
respond. It is hoped that the action plan and strategy for realizing the Sustainable
Development Goals will go some way to addressing those concerns and will enable the
Government to work with other stakeholders in furthering the promotion and
protection of human rights in Cambodia. The Special Rapporteur reiterates her
willingness to work with the Government to better protect, respect and promote
human rights for the benefit of all Cambodians.
XI. Recommendations
68.
By way of supporting the Government in making tangible progress towards the
range of recommendations, and in pursuance of discussions thereon, the following
recommendations are highlighted for immediate action:
(a)
Review outstanding recommendations made by the Special Rapporteur,
the treaty bodies and Member States during the universal periodic review with a view
to preparing a draft implementation strategy with a realistic timetable. The work
undertaken to prepare the Committee on the Elimination of Violence against Women
follow-up report may provide a template;
(b)
Finalize and publish strategic plans and policies for achieving
measurable progress in attaining the Sustainable Development Goals;
(c)
Accelerate and simplify the process for granting communal land titles;
(d)
Ensure that the list of court fees is publicly displayed in all courts and
that any additional fees that clerks may legitimately charge are also verified and
publicly displayed;
(e)
Ensure that notices indicating that no payments can be made to prison
guards or other prison staff are clearly displayed at the entrance to all detention
centres;
(f)
Increase efforts to minimize pretrial detention and the use of noncustodial sentencing in appropriate cases, supporting this with public awarenessraising and information campaigns;
(g)
Release the human rights defenders in detention against whom no
evidence has been presented;
(h)
Take all measures necessary to ensure that the 2018 elections are
peaceful and credible, that they take place without threats, arrests or acts of
intimidation, and that all international human rights obligations related to elections,
such as rights to freedom of expression, association and assembly, are respected and
protected.
69.
The following recommendations are highlighted for consideration, to enable the
Government to determine how best to ensure the application of laws in compliance
with international human rights standards:
(a)
Strengthen judicial mechanisms protecting victims of domestic violence
and trafficking, intensifying efforts to train judicial officers and law enforcement
officials on the Law on the Prevention of Domestic Violence and the Protection of
Victims to ensure effective prosecutions rather than recourse to mediation, and ensure
that mediation and informal mechanisms are used only in non-criminal cases;
(b)
Ensure the wide dissemination of the Law on Peaceful Demonstrations
and the implementing guide thereon, supported by appropriate training programmes
for national and provincial authorities, including law enforcement officials, to ensure
that the Law is correctly applied, and consider preparing similar guidelines on the
application of the Law on Associations and Non-Governmental Organizations and the
Law on Trade Unions, in cooperation with stakeholders, to ensure that the Laws are
applied in a manner consistent with the State’s human rights obligations;
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