CRC/C/ALB/CO/2-4 5. The Committee welcomes the ratification of or accession to: (a) The Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict in December 2008; (b) The Optional Protocol to the Convention on sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography in February 2008; (c) The Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance in November 2007; (d) The First and Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights in October 2007; (e) The Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrants Workers and Members of Their Families in June 2007; and (f) The Hague Convention No. 23 on the Recognition and Enforcement of Decisions relating to Maintenance Obligations and No. 24 on the Law applicable to Maintenance Obligations in August 2011. 6. The Committee also welcomes the following institutional and policy measures: (a) The National Strategy for Gender Equality and Reduction of Gender Based Violence and Domestic Violence 2011-2015, adopted in June 2011; (b) The appointment of the Commissioner for the Protection against Discrimination, in May 2010; (c) The National Strategy for the Fight against Child Trafficking and the Protection of Trafficked Children, adopted in July 2008; and (d) communes. The establishment of Child Protection Units in 28 municipalities and III. Main areas of concerns and recommendations A. General measures of implementation (arts. 4, 42 and 44, para. 6, of the Convention) The Committee’s previous recommendations 7. The Committee, while welcoming the State party’s efforts to implement the concluding observations (CRC/C/15/Add.249, 2005) to its previous report, notes with regret that some of the recommendations contained therein have not been fully addressed. 8. The Committee urges the State party to take all necessary measures to address those recommendations from the concluding observations of the initial report under the Convention that have not been sufficiently implemented, particularly those related to non-discrimination, abuse and neglect, children deprived of a family environment, children with disabilities and juvenile justice. Legislation 9. The Committee notes the adoption of numerous child-related laws over the reporting period and in particular the adoption of the Law on the Protection of the Rights of the Child on 4 November 2010. The Committee is concerned, however, that the promulgation of new laws, including the Law on the Protection of the Rights of the Child, was not followed up with the review of the existing legal provisions and, as such, there remain inconsistencies 2