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43.
With a view to fully protecting children who work within their family,
the Committee recommends that the State party amend its existing legislation
appropriately. The Committee also recommends that the authorities take all
necessary measures to prevent and combat, by legal or any other appropriate
action, the exploitation of adopted children including through labour.
44.
The Committee also recommends that the State party take all appropriate
measures to prevent and combat child abuse, including sexual abuse, and the
sale and trafficking of children, child prostitution and child pornography.
The Committee encourages the establishment of bilateral agreements between
concerned parties to prevent and combat transnational trafficking and sale of
children for sexual exploitation.
45.
The Committee recommends that all necessary measures be taken by the
State party to fully implement article 39 of the Convention, especially to
promote the physical and psychological recovery and social reintegration of
children victims of armed conflict, abuse and neglect, any form of violence,
including rape, child labour and forced labour, sexual exploitation and
trafficking and sale. The Committee would like to suggest that the State
party consider seeking international assistance in this area from appropriate
United Nations bodies, including UNICEF, the specialized agencies and
non-governmental organizations.
46.
The Committee recommends that the State party envisage undertaking a
comprehensive reform of the system of juvenile justice in the spirit of the
Convention, in particular articles 37, 39 and 40, and of other United Nations
standards in this field, such as the Beijing Rules, the Riyadh Guidelines and
the United Nations Rules for the Protection of Juveniles Deprived of their
Liberty. Particular attention should be paid to using deprivation of liberty
only as a measure of last resort and for the shortest possible period of time;
to ensuring humane conditions of detention, taking into account the specific
needs of children including separation from adult detainees; to the rights of
the child to legal assistance and judicial review; to due process of law; and
to the full independence and impartiality of the judiciary. Training
programmes on the relevant international standards should be organized for all
those professionals involved with the system of juvenile justice. An
independent monitoring mechanism, national and/or international, should
guarantee the full implementation of those rights. Finally, the Committee
would like to suggest that the State party consider seeking international
assistance in the area of the administration of juvenile justice from the High
Commissioner/Centre for Human Rights and the Crime Prevention and Criminal
Justice Division of the Secretariat.
47.
The Committee encourages dialogue and international cooperation,
especially in the field of human rights, including those of children, between
the State party and the international community. The Committee recommends
that, in the spirit of international cooperation in the area of human rights,
including children’s rights, the State party implement all the recommendations
made by the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar.
While appreciating the fact that the Union of Myanmar is a State party to the
Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Committee also suggests that it
envisage ratifying other major international human rights treaties.