CRC/C/ERI/CO/3 page 2 (a) The Optional Protocol on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography on 16 February 2005; (b) The Optional Protocol on the involvement of children in armed conflict on 16 February 2005. C. Factors and difficulties impeding the implementation of the Convention 5. The Committee acknowledges that the aftermath of the armed conflict as well as poverty and drought continue to hamper progress in the effective implementation of the provisions of the Convention. 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 6. The Committee notes with satisfaction that certain concerns and recommendations (see CRC/C/15/Add.204) made upon the consideration of the initial report of the State party in 2003 have been addressed. However, the Committee is concerned that recommendations regarding, inter alia, legal reform, national plan of action, independent monitoring, resources allocation, data collection, harmful traditional practices, birth registration, child labour and juvenile justice have not been given sufficient follow-up. The Committee notes that those concerns and recommendations are reiterated in the present document. 7. The Committee urges the State party to take all necessary measures to address those recommendations contained in the concluding observations on the initial report that have not yet been implemented and to provide adequate follow-up to the recommendations contained in the present concluding observations on the second and third periodic report. Legislation 8. The Committee remains concerned at the lack of progress of Eritrea in reforming its legislation with a view to harmonizing it with the Convention on the Rights of the Child (“the Convention”), its Optional Protocols and related international standards and notes that the draft Civil and Penal Codes have not been adopted. The Committee regrets that a systematic legislative review by the Child Law Committee has not been completed. Furthermore, the Committee is concerned that customary laws still constitute an obstacle to the implementation of the Convention. 9. The Committee recommends that the State party strengthen and expedite its efforts to bring domestic law into full compliance with the Convention by completing a comprehensive review of legislation by the Child Law Committee and implementing legislative amendments. The State party should consider the adoption of a comprehensive Children’s Code in order to incorporate the provisions of the Convention and take into