Treaty Body Findings Committee on Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD 2020) Situation of ethnic Vietnamese 23. The Committee is concerned about the situation of people of Vietnamese origin, in particular about: (a) Reports of violence against ethnic Vietnamese, including a few reported cases of mob killings; (b) Reports of hate speech against ethnic Vietnamese, including online, and reports of hate speech during elections, including by political leaders; (c) Ethnic Vietnamese who are being relocated from floating villages and are reportedly being discriminated against in obtaining access to adequate housing, water and electricity; (d) Ethnic Vietnamese registered recently as permanent residents in Cambodia who do not have clear rights under their permanent resident cards, and who face discrimination, the denial of basic rights and services, and a lack of access to education, employment and legal protection in the criminal justice system; (e) Reports that, although children born from Vietnamese parents who live legally in the State party have the possibility to obtain birth certificates, in practice such birth certificates are not being issued, which leads to challenges in accessing education, health care and services; CERD/C/KHM/ CO/14-17 35 Recommendations 24. The Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Consider drafting a national action plan against racial discrimination; (b) Take all necessary measures to protect ethnic Vietnamese from violence, and ensure the proper registration, investigation, prosecution and conviction of perpetrators of any cases of hate crimes, especially those involving violence; (c) Prevent hate speech against ethnic Vietnamese, including through educational campaigns on tolerance and the elimination of stereotypes, as well as the proper registration, investigation, prosecution and conviction of perpetrators of hate speech, at all levels; (d) Take measures to ensure that any relocations of ethnic Vietnamese are carried out following the basic principles and guidelines on development-based evictions and displacement, and ensure equal access to adequate housing, water and electricity; (e) Define rights under the permanent resident cards, in order to ensure access to education, employment, health care, basic services and legal protection in the criminal justice system; (f) Ensure the birth registration of all ethnic Vietnamese children born in the State party, and ensure the issuance of birth cer-