A/RES/56/169
5.
Notes with appreciation the use by the Secretary-General of the United
Nations Trust Fund for a Human Rights Education Programme in Cambodia to
finance the programme of activities of the office in Cambodia of the High
Commissioner, as defined in resolutions of the General Assembly and the
Commission on Human Rights, and invites Governments, intergovernmental and
non-governmental organizations, foundations and individuals to consider
contributing to the Trust Fund;
II
Administrative, legislative and judicial reform
1.
Notes with concern the continued problems related to the rule of law and
the functioning of the judiciary resulting from, inter alia, corruption, including
interference by the executive with the independence of the judiciary, welcomes the
continued commitment of the Government of Cambodia to reforming the judiciary,
and urges the Government to continue to take the necessary measures to promote the
independence, impartiality and effectiveness of the Supreme Council of the
Magistracy and the judicial system as a whole and to increase its budgetary
allocation to the judiciary, which is expected to result, inter alia, in a decrease in the
number of excessive pre-trial detentions;
2.
Urges the Government of Cambodia to continue its efforts towards the
early adoption of the laws and codes that are essential components of the basic legal
framework, including the draft statute on magistrates, a penal code, a code of
criminal procedures, a new civil code and a code of civil procedure, as well as its
efforts to reform the administration of justice and to enhance the training of judges
and lawyers, appeals to the international community to assist the Government to this
end, and welcomes, inter alia, the drafting of the forestry and fishery laws;
3.
Welcomes the enactment of the Land Law, notes with concern the
problems related to land, inter alia, land grabbing, forced evictions and further
displacement, and urges the Government of Cambodia to continue its efforts to
implement an effective, efficient and transparent land registration system, as
envisaged in the Law, to solve these problems;
4.
Also welcomes the efforts of the Government of Cambodia to implement
its reform programme, including the adoption of the Governance Action Plan,
encourages the timely and effective implementation of the Plan, and appeals to the
international community to assist the Government in its efforts towards that end;
5.
Expresses serious concern that the situation of impunity still exists in
Cambodia, recognizes the commitment and efforts of the Government of Cambodia
to respond to this problem, calls upon the Government, as a matter of critical
priority, to take further measures to investigate urgently and to prosecute, in
accordance with due process of law and international human rights standards, all of
those who have perpetrated serious crimes, including violations of human rights,
and encourages the international community to provide means, such as technical
assistance or expertise, to help the Government to meet its own commitments to
bring perpetrators to justice more effectively;
6.
Welcomes the efforts of the Government of Cambodia to demobilize its
armed forces, including the launching of the first part of the demobilization
programme, encourages the Government to implement the contents of the White
Paper on National Defence and to continue to carry out effective reform, including
the implementation of a full-scale demobilization programme that includes the
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