CRC/C/MMR/CO/3-4 (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 2

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