CRC/C/SLV/CO/3-4 (b) The Bill proposing the creation of a mechanism to follow up on the implementation of the recommendations of international human rights monitoring bodies; (c) The enactment, on 27 March 2009, of the Law for the Integral Protection of Children (LEPINA); (d) Persons. 5. The establishment, in 2005, of the National Committee against Trafficking in The Committee also welcomes the ratification of the following international treaties: (a) The Optional Protocol to the Convention on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography on 17 May 2004; (b) The Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and its Protocol to prevent, repress and punish trafficking in persons especially women and children (Palermo Protocol) on 18 March 2004; (c) The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol on 14 December 2007. C. Factors and difficulties affecting the implementation of the Convention 6. The Committee notes the extremely high level of criminality, violence and insecurity in the State party, whereby one person below 18 is killed each day. In particular, the Committee recognizes the increasing challenge posed by youth gangs “maras”, which is the expression of a problem of structural violence and the result of many years of repressive policies. The Committee also notes that the State party’s territory is prone to natural disasters, such as the recent hurricane Ida, and is aware of the impact that the recent international economic crisis is having on the lives of Salvadoran children. D. Main areas of concern and recommendations 1. General measures of implementation (arts. 4, 42 and 44, para. 6 of the Convention) The Committee’s previous recommendations 7. The Committee notes that several concerns and recommendations made in 2004 and 2006 upon the consideration of, respectively, the State party’s second periodic report under the Convention (CRC/C/15/Add.232) and the initial report under the Optional Protocol on the involvement of children in armed conflict (CRC/C/OPAC/SLV/CO/1) have been addressed, but regrets that many others have been insufficiently or only partly considered. 8. The Committee urges the State party to take all necessary measures to address those recommendations from the concluding observations on the second periodic report under the Convention as well as on the initial report under the Optional Protocol on the involvement of children in armed conflict that have not yet been implemented or sufficiently implemented, including with regard to: (a) the high level of crime and violence, including killing of children (CRC/C/15/Add.232, paras. 29-30); (b) sexual exploitation and trafficking (paras. 63-64); (c) the administration of juvenile justice, including the prevention, rehabilitation and reintegration of youth gang members (paras. 65-68); (d) the abolition by law of the voluntary recruitment of 1617- year- olds (CRC/C/OPAC/SLV/CO/1, para. 17). The State party should also 2