CERD/C/SUR/CO/12 page 3 The Committee reiterates the invitation extended to the State Party in its previous concluding observations in 2004 to establish the Constitutional Court as soon as possible. 12. Recognizing the fact that the State Party’s national economy heavily depends on the natural-resource extraction industry -- namely mining and logging, including in ancestral lands and traditional settlements of indigenous and tribal peoples -- the Committee remains concerned about the protection of the rights to land, territories and communal resources of the indigenous and tribal peoples living in the interior of the country. Similarly, the Committee is concerned at the nonexistence of specific legislative framework to guarantee the realization of the collective rights of indigenous and tribal peoples (arts. 2 and 5). The Committee urges the State Party to ensure legal acknowledgement of the collective rights of indigenous and tribal peoples – known locally as Maroons and Bush Negroes to own, develop, control and use their lands, resources and communal territories according to customary laws and traditional land-tenure system and to participate in the exploitation, management and conservation of the associated natural resources. 13. While noting with interest the final report by the Presidential Commission on Land Rights presented for analysis to the President of Suriname, the Committee is concerned about the lack of an effective natural resources management regime. (art. 2) The Committee encourages the State to intensify its consideration of the final report in view to setting the principles for a comprehensive national land rights regime and appropriate relevant legislation with the full participation of the freely chosen representatives of indigenous and tribal peoples, as per the Commission’s mandate. In the Committee’s opinion, the State Party's consideration of the report of the Presidential Commission should not be to the detriment of its full compliance with the orders of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in the Saramaka People case. 14. The Committee is concerned that the draft Mining Act 2004 is still in Parliament and, according to information before the Committee, that mining licences continue to be granted by the Ministry of Natural Resources to enterprises without prior consultations with or providing information to indigenous and tribal peoples. (arts. 2 and 5) The Committee invites the State party to update and approve the draft Mining Act in conformity with the Committee’s previous recommendations (2004 and 2005). While noting that the District Commissioners are involved with and consult the indigenous and tribal communities concerned before granting concessions, the Committee recommends that, when taking legislative or administrative decisions which may affect the rights and interests of indigenous and tribal peoples, the State Party endeavour to consult and obtain their informed consent. 15. The Committee reiterates its concern with regard to repeated information highlighting the fact that children from indigenous or tribal groups continue to experience