CRC/C/MEX/CO/3 page 2 (c) The revision of the Federal Penal Code, the Federal Code of Penal Procedure, the Federal Act against Organized Crime, the Federal Code to Prevent and Eliminate Discrimination and the Act establishing Minimum Rules for the Social Rehabilitation of Convicted Persons in 2003; (d) The introduction of domestic violence as an offence in 15 state penal codes; (e) The adoption of the Programme of Action 2002-2010: A Mexico fit for children, in consultation with civil society organizations, academics and experts; (f) The ratification of the Optional Protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography and on the involvement of children in armed conflict, both on 15 March 2002; (g) The ratification of the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime on 4 March 2003; (h) The ratification of the ILO Convention No. 182 (1999) on the Prohibition and Immediate Action for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour in 2000. C. Principal subjects of concern, suggestions and recommendations 1. General measures of implementation (arts. 4, 42 and 44, para. 6, of the Convention) The Committee’s previous recommendations 4. While noting that the first part of the State party report provides specific reference to the previous concluding observations, the Committee regrets that some recommendations it made (see CRC/C/15/Add.112) on the State party’s second periodic report (CRC/C/65/Add.6 and CRC/C/65/Add.16) have not been sufficiently addressed, including those regarding social inequality and vulnerable groups, non-discrimination, indigenous children, economic and sexual exploitation of children, and the trafficking of migrant children. 5. The Committee urges the State party to make every effort to address the previous recommendations, which have been implemented only partly or not at all, and the recommendations contained in the present concluding observations. Legislation and implementation 6. While welcoming the measures taken to bring national legislation into conformity with the Convention and with other international standards, the Committee is concerned at the lack of effectiveness of the measures taken to implement the rights contained in the Convention and to allow rights holders to claim them. It is also concerned that not all national legislation is in full conformity with the Convention, including the substantive and procedural civil codes that do not give children the opportunity to be heard by judicial authorities. It is also concerned at the complexity of implementation due to the federal structure of the State party, which may result in