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(d) ensure that any forced evictions carried out in the context of the African Cup of
Nations, a sport event which will take place in 2010, meet the requirements and guidelines
of the general comment No. 7 and (e) include in its next periodic report disaggregated data
by gender, age, rural/urban population, concerning forced evictions.
33.
The Committee regrets that, despite the efforts initiated by the State party at the end of
the war, it remains heavily landmined, with disastrous effects on the enjoyment of rights of
individuals and groups, in particular the most disadvantaged and marginalized.
The Committee urges the State party to accelerate its efforts to deactivate the antipersonnel mines, and other relics of war, to prevent landmine accidents and assist
the victims, and to seek all bilateral and international cooperation in this regard.
34.
The Committee notes with concern that the State party has not sufficiently extended the
coverage of the civil registration facilities, in particular with respect to birth registration, and that
this fact deprives those not registered of the equal enjoyment of economic, social and cultural
rights.
The Committee recommends to the State party to take effective steps to ensure
registration of all new children without any discrimination and to extend the
coverage of civil status registration to all other persons not yet registered.
35.
The Committee is concerned about the poor physical conditions, poor access to adequate
food and water, severe overcrowding, and lack of adequate medical treatment in the psychiatric
hospitals and prisons in the State party.
The Committee urges the State party to adopt a Plan of Action to guarantee human
conditions of life and health care to all psychiatric hospital patients and to all
prisons’ inmates, according to the United Nations relevant standard minimum
rules, and to provide the Committee with adequate information on progress
achieved in those institutions in the next periodic report.
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36.
The Committee is concerned about the very high maternal, infant and under-five
mortality rates, as well as at the very high incidence of cholera and HIV/AIDS. The Committee
notes with deep concern that life expectancy in the State party is only 41 years. The Committee
is also concerned at the negative impact of the war on the right to health of a high percentage of
the population, who suffer from war post-traumatic mental disorders, and serious war related
health problems.
The Committee recommends that the State party should step up its efforts in the
area of health and requests it to adopt a global health policy that includes
prevention programmes which will ensure that the poorest sectors of the population
have access to free, high-quality and universal primary health care, including dental
care, as well as policies targeted to individuals who suffer from war post-traumatic