CRC/C/KHM/CO/2-3 efforts remain insufficient to proactively address the multiple vulnerabilities that put children at risk of HIV. The Committee is also concerned that the level of resources for HIV/AIDs programmes has been declining, and that only 9 per cent of annual HIV expenditure is covered by the State party. The Committee is further concerned that children infected by HIV who are rejected by their families are insufficiently provided with social welfare support for continued education, survival, counselling, foster care and protection from abuse and exploitation. 58. The Committee urges the State party to allocate the necessary human, technical and financial resources for the full implementation of the National Strategic Plan for HIV Prevention and Control, and to take the necessary measures to prevent stigmatization and discrimination against children living with HIV/AIDS, in particular through public education campaigns. The Committee draws the attention of the State party to its general comment No. 3 (2003) on HIV/AIDS and the rights of the child, and the International Guidelines on HIV/AIDS and Human Rights. Standard of living 59. While noting the adoption of a National Strategy for the Poor and Vulnerable, the Committee is nonetheless concerned that in spite of significant and sustained economic growth over the past decade, the benefits of this growth have not been distributed equitably, as one third of the State party’s population is still living below the poverty line, and only one fifth of the population in rural areas having access to sanitation. The Committee is also concerned that existing social safety net initiatives, scholarships and food for work, for example, are fragmented in their implementation and limited in their geographical coverage. 60. The Committee urges the State party to strengthen its efforts to provide support and material assistance to economically disadvantaged families, notably those living in rural areas, and to guarantee the right of all children to an adequate standard of living. Evictions of children and their families from their land 61. While noting the adoption of the Law on Expropriation in February 2010 and the Circular on Temporary Settlements in May 2010, the Committee expresses deep concern that thousands of families and children, especially urban poor families, small-scale farmers and indigenous communities continue to be deprived of their land as a result of land grabbing and forced evictions carried out by people in positions of power. 62. The Committee urges the State party to establish a national moratorium on evictions until the determination of the legality of land claims is made. The Committee also urges the State party to ensure that families and their children are not made homeless as a result of evictions for private and development activities. The Committee further recommends that the State party fully implement the recommendations of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia in relation to access to land and livelihood (A/HRC/4/36 and A/HRC/7/42) Children imprisoned with their mothers 63. The Committee expresses serious concern about the situation of children incarcerated with their mothers, especially those living in the overcrowded CC2 prison in Phnom Penh, as well as in the prisons of Takmao, Kompong Cham and Kompong Chhnang, in conditions which are detrimental to their physical, mental and emotional wellbeing. The Committee is particularly concerned that children are not provided with food and safe drinking water, mothers are being expected to share their own ration with their 14

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