CRC/C/15/Add.216 page 2 C. Principal areas of concern and recommendations 1. General measures of implementation Committee’s previous recommendations 4. While acknowledging the attention that the State party has given to the implementation of the recommendations contained in the Committee’s previous concluding observations (CRC/C/15/Add.71) adopted following the consideration of the State party’s initial report (CRC/C/28/Add.3), the Committee notes with concern that some recommendations have been insufficiently addressed. The Committee is particularly concerned about the recommendations relating to the harmonization of domestic legislation with the Convention, including the age of criminal responsibility and minimum age of employment (para. 23), and the prohibition of corporal punishment and the establishment of mechanisms to ensure the recovery of victims of ill-treatment and abuse (para. 29). 5. The Committee reiterates those concerns and urges the State party to make sustained efforts to address those recommendations contained in the concluding observations on the initial report that have not been implemented and to address the list of concerns contained in the present concluding observations on the second periodic report. Reservations 6. While noting that the State party is considering withdrawing its reservations to the Convention, the Committee is disappointed by the slow pace of this process and that it has not yet resulted in the withdrawal of a reservation. The Committee remains very concerned at the State party’s general reservation and the reservations specific to articles 32, paragraph 2 and 37 (c). 7. In accordance with the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action of 1993, the Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Expedite the changes in legislation and administrative procedures necessary for the withdrawal of its general reservation and the reservations to articles 32, paragraph 2 and 37 (c); and (b) Continue its discussions with the people of Tokelau with a view to extending the application of the Convention to their territory. Legislation 8. Noting that the State party has undertaken a general review of its legislation to ensure its compatibility with the 1993 Human Rights Act (Consistency 2000), the Committee regrets that this did not include a comprehensive review of its legislation affecting children and that domestic legislation does not fully conform to the principles and provisions of the Convention. 9. The Committee reiterates its recommendation that the State party initiate a comprehensive review of all legislation affecting children and take all necessary measures to harmonize its legislation with the principles and provisions of the Convention.