CRC/C/15/Add.69
page 7
In this regard, the Committee suggests that the State party envisage
cooperation with United Nations bodies, including UNICEF, the specialized
agencies and national and/or international non-governmental organizations.
36.
The Committee recommends that the national law and practice with regard
to adoption be made to conform fully with the Convention, including the
principle of the best interests of the child (art. 3). The Committee also
suggest that the State party envisage ratifying the Hague Convention on
Protection of Children and Cooperation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption
of 1993.
37.
The Committee recommends that the State party take all appropriate
measures, including legal means, to fully implement articles 13, 14 and 15 of
the Convention. It suggests that the State party give an alternative
education choice to non-Buddhist and poor children and that the State party
take all measures to fully guarantee the freedoms of association and speech as
well as the right to peaceful assembly.
38.
The Committee recommends that the State party take all appropriate
measures to provide access to health services throughout the country and to
all children, including the ones living in the most remote areas as well as
the ones belonging to minority groups. The State party should also take
appropriate action to offer better protection and access to social services to
physically and mentally disabled children.
39.
The Committee further recommends that the State party take all
appropriate measures, including by reinforcing existing international
cooperation programmes, to reduce the rates of school drop-out and repetition.
It also recommends that the State party allocate resources to translate school
materials into minority languages in order to encourage schools and teachers
in the appropriate regions to provide education in minority languages.
40.
While welcoming the recent peace agreements between the Government and a
great majority of armed rebel groups in the country, the Committee strongly
recommends that State party prevent any occurrence of forced relocation,
displacement and other types of involuntary population movements which deeply
affect families and the rights of children. The Committee also recommends
that the State party reinforce its central tracing agency to favour family
reunification.
41.
Furthermore, the Committee strongly recommends that all reported cases
of abuse, rape and/or violence against children committed by members of the
armed forces be rapidly, impartially, thoroughly and systematically
investigated. Appropriate judicial sanctions should be applied to
perpetrators and wide publicity should be given to such sanctions.
42.
The Committee strongly recommends that the army of the State party
should absolutely refrain from recruiting under-aged children, in the light of
existing international human rights and humanitarian standards. All forced
recruitment of children should be abolished as well as their involvement in
forced labour.