A/HRC/28/72 relation to allegations of extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, sexual violence, arbitrary detention, and torture and ill-treatment in detention. 70. Regarding sustainable development and programmes to improve education, health care and livelihoods, the Government should: (a) Proactively ensure that participatory, inclusive and meaningful consultations on land development have taken place with all relevant stakeholders and that comments received have been properly considered, and that environmental and social impact assessments that are in line with international human rights standards are undertaken prior to the granting of land concessions; (b) Ensure continued participatory, inclusive, broad-based and meaningful consultations on the proposed National Land Use Policy for as long as is required, and ensure that the proposed policy gives overriding priority to securing tenure rights for those who have used land for long periods; (c) Ensure that the proposed Child Law removes ambiguity in existing laws in order to guarantee a universal right to birth registration for all children born in Myanmar; (d) Ensure that any amendments to the National Education Law are made after wide consultations with all parties concerned. 71. Regarding cooperation with the international community, the Government should: (a) Expedite the establishment of an office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Myanmar with a full mandate; (b) Improve the operational environment for the United Nations and international NGOs by addressing blockages for visa and travel authorization applications; (c) Continue to engage closely with the United Nations human rights system, including the treaty bodies and special procedures mandate holders. Ensure a full and participatory process of preparation for the forthcoming universal periodic review, involving civil society and national institutions; (d) Expedite ratification of the Convention against Torture and the Optional Protocol thereto, and the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict. 72. The international community should remain constructively and critically engaged with the human rights situation in Myanmar and support the Government, including through policy dialogue and technical assistance, in carrying out further reforms that fulfil its human rights obligations. 21

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