CRC/C/SLV/CO/3-4 71. The Committee recommends that the State party create more public and safe places at the community level for sports, cultural, leisure and recreational activities. To this end, the Committee encourages the State party to strengthen the institutional capacity in the area of development of recreation and leisure programmes and activities for children. 8. Special protection measures (arts. 22; 30; 38; 39; 40; 37 (b)-(d), and 3236 of the Convention) Children affected by migration 72. The Committee is concerned about the impact of migration on the enjoyment by children of their rights (about three million Salvadorans are believed to live outside the country because of economic migration) and is concerned in particular at the situation of migrant children - especially those unaccompanied and in an irregular or undocumented situation – who are particularly vulnerable to becoming victims of exploitation and abuse, notably sexual and economic exploitation, and have difficulties of reintegration when forcibly returned home from the country of destination. 73. The Committee recommends that the State party, taking into account the Committee’s general comment No. 6 (2005) on the treatment of unaccompanied and separated children outside their country of origin: (a) Pay special attention to the situation of migrant children, particularly those unaccompanied and in irregular and/or undocumented situations; (b) Intensify its efforts to prevent irregular migration, including by raising awareness about the risks involved, and promoting adequate conditions for the resettlement and reintegration of these children and their families upon their return; (c) respect. Strengthen bilateral, regional and international cooperation in this Children in armed conflict 74. The Committee is concerned at the lack of information concerning the follow-up given to the recommendations contained in the concluding observations on the State party’s initial report under the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the involvement of children in armed conflict (CRC/C/OPAC/SLV/CO/1). 75. The Committee refers for this section to its concluding observations on the State party’s initial report under the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the involvement of children in armed conflict. In particular, the Committee reiterates some of those recommendations, on which it would appreciate information on the follow-up given by the State party, including on: (a) The explicit prohibition by law of the recruitment of children under 15 years into armed forces/groups and their direct participation in hostilities (para. 5(a)); (b) The explicit prohibition by law of the violation of the provisions of the Optional Protocol regarding the recruitment and involving of children in hostilities (para. 5(b)); (c) The ratification of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (para. 5(e)); (d) The abolition by law of the voluntary recruitment of 16 and 17- yearolds, so as to reflect the situation in practice (para. 17(b)). 18

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