CRC/C/PRY/CO/3 Indigenous children 79. The Committee is concerned at the limited enjoyment of rights by indigenous children and in particular their limited access to education and health, their disproportionately high malnutrition rate and the infant and maternal mortality rates among them. It is also particularly concerned about the very high number of working children among indigenous children. 80. The Committee recommends that the State party take all necessary measures to protect the rights of indigenous children against discrimination and guarantee their enjoyment of the rights enshrined in domestic law and in the Convention. In this regard, the Committee refers the State party to its general comment No. 11 on indigenous children and their rights under the Convention. 9. Ratification of international human rights instruments 81. The Committee recommends that the State party ratify the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance. It also encourages the State party to submit its initial reports under the two Optional Protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict and on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, which were due in October 2004 and September 2005 respectively, as soon as possible. 10. Follow-up and dissemination Follow-up 82. The Committee recommends that the State party take all appropriate measures to ensure full implementation of the present recommendations, inter alia, by transmitting them to the Supreme Court, Parliament, relevant ministries and local authorities for appropriate consideration and further action. Dissemination 83. The Committee further recommends that the third periodic report and written replies submitted by the State party and related recommendations (concluding observations) that the Committee adopted be made widely available to the public at large (notably children, youth groups and civil society organizations) in order to generate debate and awareness of the Convention, its implementation and monitoring. 11. Next report 84. The Committee invites the State party to submit its consolidated fourth, fifth and sixth periodic report in October 2017. This report should not exceed 120 pages (see CRC/C/118). 19

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