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Human Rights Education Programme in Cambodia to finance the programme of
activities of the office, and invites the international community to consider
contributing to the Trust Fund;
3.
Also welcomes the report of the Special Representative, 4 encourages the
Government of Cambodia to continue its cooperation at all levels of Government,
supports the appeals of the Government and the Special Representative to increase
international assistance to Cambodia and to continue working towards the reduction
of poverty, and encourages donor countries and other relevant parties to follow up
their pledges made at the Consultative Group Meeting on Cambodia, held at Phnom
Penh on 20 and 21 June 2002;
4.
Further welcomes the signature of the memorandum of understanding in
February 2002 by the Government of Cambodia and the Office of the High
Commissioner for the extension of the mandate of the office in Cambodia, and
encourages the Government to continue to cooperate with the office in their joint
efforts to promote human rights;
5.
Commends the vital role played by non-governmental organizations in
Cambodia, inter alia, in the development of civil society, and encourages the
Government of Cambodia to continue to ensure the protection of those human rights
organizations and their members and to continue to work closely and cooperatively
with them;
II
Administrative, legislative and judicial reform
1.
Acknowledges the ratification by Cambodia of the Rome Statute of the
International Criminal Court; 5
2.
Notes with concern the continued problems related to the rule of law and
the functioning of the judiciary resulting from, inter alia, corruption and interference
by the executive with the independence of the judiciary, welcomes the establishment
of the Council of Legal and Judicial Reform, and urges the Government as a matter
of priority to increase its budgetary allocation to the judiciary and take the necessary
measures to ensure the independence, impartiality and effectiveness of the Supreme
Council of the Magistracy and the judicial system as a whole;
3.
Urges the Government of Cambodia to expedite the 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 procedure, a new civil
code and a code of civil procedure and to enhance the training of judges and
lawyers, and welcomes the opening of the Royal School for Training Judges and
Prosecutors and the Centre for Lawyer Training and Professional Improvement of
the Bar Association of the Kingdom of Cambodia;
4.
Also urges the Government of Cambodia to strengthen its efforts to
tackle the problems related to land, and notes with concern the remaining problems
of land grabbing, forced evictions and further displacement;
5.
Encourages further efforts by the Government of Cambodia to implement
expeditiously and effectively its reform programme, including the Governance
Action Plan and military reforms, inter alia, the demobilization programme;
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Official Records of the United Nations Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment
of an International Criminal Court, Rome, 15 June-17 July 1998, vol. I: Final documents (United Nations
publication, Sales No. E.02.I.5), sect. A.
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