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facilities. Furthermore, the State party should clearly frame and regulate the function
and role of the “prisoner self-management committees” and ensure that cases of abuse
and ill-treatment by such bodies are investigated and perpetrators punished. In
addition, the GDP officials ignoring or condoning such acts should be held
accountable, with the alleged suspects being subjected to suspension or reassignment
during the process of investigation. The Committee also requests updated information
on the circumstances surrounding the deaths of Kong La, Heng Touch and Mao Sok
as well as information on investigations, prosecutions and convictions arising from
these cases.
The State party should also review current policies and procedures for the custody
and treatment of detainees, including in police stations, ensure separation of female
detainees from males and that female detainees be guarded by officers of the same
gender, monitor and document incidents of sexual violence in detention, and provide
the Committee with data thereon, disaggregated by relevant indicators. The
Committee also recommends that the State party consider compiling a reliable and
accurate profile of the prison population, including details as to the length of the
sentence, the commitment of offence and the age of the offender, to help inform
criminal justice policy decisions.
Social Affairs Centres
(20) The Committee notes the information and clarification provided by the delegation in
respect of the Social Affairs Centres, including that the State party has agreed with
UNICEF and the OHCHR Cambodia Country Office to conduct an assessment of the
existing policies, procedures and practices in the referral, placement, management,
rehabilitation and reintegration of children, women and vulnerable persons in Social Affairs
Centres and Youth Rehabilitation Centres across the country. However, the Committee
expresses its serious concern at continuing reports of round-ups by law enforcement
officials in the streets and the subsequent holding of people, including sex workers, victims
of trafficking, people who use drugs, homeless people, beggars, street children and
mentally ill persons, in the Social Affairs Centres, against their will and without any legal
basis and judicial warrant. In addition, the Committee notes with particular concern
allegations of a consistent pattern of arbitrary detention and abuse in Prey Speu between
late 2006 and 2008, including torture, rape, beatings, reported incidences of suicide, and
even reported killings committed by social affairs guards against detainees, The Committee
is further concerned at the lack of information as to any initiative on the part of the State
party to undertake a thorough investigation into such allegations (arts. 2, 11 and 16).
The Committee urges the State party to put a complete end to any form of arbitrary
and unlawful detention of persons, especially in Social Affairs Centres, including Prey
Speu. The State party should ensure that all relevant governmental departments
respect the right not to be arbitrarily detained on the basis of social status in the view
of the Government and without any legal basis and judicial warrant. The State party
should also ensure that officials/guards and others involved in arbitrary detention and
abuse are immediately investigated and prosecuted for such acts and that redress is
provided to victims.
The State party should, as a matter of urgency, conduct an independent investigation
into the allegations of serious human rights violations, including torture, in Prey Speu
between late 2006 and 2008. Furthermore, the Committee encourages the State party,
in cooperation with relevant partners, to find sustainable and humane alternatives for
disadvantaged and vulnerable groups, including persons living and working in the
streets, and to provide such groups with the type of assistance they require.
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