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(c)
The Protection from Domestic Violence (Amendment) Act in 2004 to cover all
cases of domestic violence;
(d)
The Sex Discrimination Act of 2002;
(e)
The Computer Misuse and Cyber Crime Act of 2003 which makes child
pornography a criminal offence;
(f)
The Civil Status (Amendment) Act in 2004; and
(g)
The National Children’s Council (Amendment) Act in 2005 which created the
Rodrigues Children’s Council.
5.
The Committee welcomes the ratifications of or accession to the following international
human rights instruments:
(a)
The Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel
Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment in 2005;
(b)
The Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially
Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational
Organized Crime in 2003;
(c)
The ILO Convention No. 182 concerning the Prohibition and Immediate Action
for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour in June 2000;
(d)
The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court in 2002; and
(e)
The Hague Convention No. 33 on Protection of Children and Cooperation in
Respect of Intercountry Adoption in 1998.
C. Principle areas of concern and recommendations
1. General measures of implementation (arts. 4, 42
and 44, para. 6 of the Convention)
Committee’s previous recommendations
6.
The Committee notes with satisfaction that some concerns and recommendations
(CRC/C/15/Add.64 of October 1996) made upon the consideration of the State party’s initial
report (CRC/C/65/Add.35) have been addressed through legislative measures and policies.
However, recommendations regarding, inter alia, reservations, insufficient facilities for the
rehabilitation of child victims of abuse and inadequate research on critical areas concerning
children have not been given sufficient follow-up. The Committee notes that those concerns and
recommendations are reiterated in the present document.