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(a)
The establishment of the Central Body for Suppression of Trafficking in
Persons in 2006;
(b)
The establishment of a mechanism by which the National Committee on the
Rights of the Child can pursue complaints on acts committed against children; and
(c)
The development of the National Plan of Action for Children (2006–2015),
the National Child Health Strategic Plan (2010–2014), the National Plan of Action (2003–
2015) “Education for all”, the Education Activities in the Framework of Rural
Development and Poverty Alleviation Plan (2011–2015), the National Strategic Plan for
Adolescent Health, the Plan of Action aimed at Eliminating Child Labour, the Five-Year
National Plan of Action to Combat Human Trafficking (2007-2011), and the plan to
organize a special police force for child protection.
6.
The Committee notes as positive the invitation by the State party to the Special
Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar in 2010 and 2011.
III. Main areas of concerns and recommendations
A.
General measures of implementation (arts. 4, 42 and 44, para. 6 of the
Convention)
The Committee’s previous recommendations
7.
The Committee, while welcoming the State party’s efforts to address some of the
concerns and recommendations made upon consideration of the State party’s second report
(CRC/C/15/Add.237), notes with regret that most of its recommendations have been
insufficiently addressed or not addressed at all.
8.
The Committee urges the State party to take all necessary measures to address
the recommendations from the concluding observations of the second periodic report
that have not been implemented, particularly those related to children involved in
armed conflicts, discrimination and access to health and education. The Committee
also urges the State party to, concomitantly, provide adequate follow-up to the
recommendations contained in the present concluding observations.
Legislation
9.
While noting the indication given by the State party that the 1993 Child Law is
being reviewed to integrate some provisions of the Convention, the Committee is concerned
that all principles and provisions of the Convention have not yet been fully incorporated
into domestic law and that legal provisions contrary to the Convention remain in force. The
Committee also expresses its concern about the application of different sources of law,
namely codified and customary laws, which may undermine the State party’s efforts to
harmonize its legislation with the Convention.
10.
The Committee urges the State party to promptly amend the 1993 Child Law
and ensure that it incorporates all principles and provisions of the Convention and
undertake a comprehensive review of domestic legislation, namely codified and
customary laws, in order to ensure that it is brought into compliance with the
Convention.
Coordination
11.
While noting that the National Committee on the Rights of the Child (NCRC),
inactive for a long period, was reactivated recently, the Committee is concerned about its
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