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35.
The Committee recommends that the State party take all necessary measures to
ensure that the coverage of the national social security system is significantly extended to
include rural and domestic workers and their families. The Committee also recommends
that the State party ratify International Labour Organization No. 102 on Social Security
(Minimum Standards).
36.
The Committee urges the State party to address the condition of persons with
disabilities by formulating adequate implementation measures in this area. It also
recommends that the State party provide in its next periodic report detailed information on
measures taken and the results obtained.
37.
The Committee urges the State party to increase its efforts to reunite separated
families, to continue seeking children who have disappeared and to safeguard the situation
of war orphans while facilitating access to the judicial system for affected persons.
38.
The Committee urges the State party to take all necessary measures, legislative or
otherwise, to address the persistent problem of child labour, especially in agriculture and
domestic services.
39.
The Committee urges the State party to combat violence against women, including
through the effective application of the law on domestic violence and awareness-raising
campaigns designed to combat the negative traditional practices and prejudices and their
effects and consequences. In this regard, the Committee urges the State party to amend the
Penal Code by including domestic violence as a crime. The Committee requests the
State party to provide, in its third periodic report, detailed information and up-to-date
statistics on a comparative basis on the phenomenon of domestic violence in Guatemala, as
well as the results of the measures to combat this serious problem.
40.
The Committee recommends that the State party intensify its programmes and
activities to combat poverty and to improve the living conditions of the population of
Guatemala, in particular of the marginalized and vulnerable groups, including indigenous
peoples. The Committee requests the State party to provide in its next periodic report
detailed information on the progress made.
41.
The Committee encourages the State party to reorient its agricultural policies and
to implement its social plan to combat the coffee crisis through measures that ensure access
to adequate nutrition, health care, subsidized housing and employment opportunities for
those affected by the crisis.
42.
The Committee reiterates its previous recommendation (E/C.12/1/Add.3, para. 24)
and urges the State party to implement the measures contained in the Peace Agreements
of 1996, in particular those related to the agrarian reform and the devolution of communal
indigenous lands.