A/HRC/19/64 national experiences amongst member states, particularly those who have withdrawn or are in the process of withdrawing the reservations. Participants welcome in particular the unanimous view expressed during the Conference that reservations, including those of a general nature, create an inaccurate perception of incompatibility between the CRC and Shariah law should be revisited with a view to withdraw them. OIC Permanent Independent Expert Human Rights Commission Participants welcome the decision to establish a permanent independent expert human rights commission as a principal organ of the OIC and call upon all OIC Member States to expedite this process which will enhance the promotion of children‘s rights among all human rights and foster the positive contribution of Islamic law and tradition in the process of implementation of the CRC. The Optional Protocols to the CRC Participants encourage OIC Member States that have ratified the Optional Protocol on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution, and Child Pornography; and the Optional Protocol on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflicts to continue to strengthen their implementation in accordance with the recommendations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child. Participants urge all other OIC Member States to ratify the optional protocols without delay. These two protocols are: 1. Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography. 2 Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict. Proposal for a third Optional Protocol Participants welcome the expressions of support from numerous OIC Member States to strengthen the mandate of the Open-Ended Working Group of the Human Rights Council to proceed with the drafting of a new Optional Protocol to the CRC to provide a communications procedure; encourages States and civil society to be actively involved. This should build upon positive experiences within OIC Member States in providing children with effective representation and remedies at the national level. Enhanced Compliance with the Convention Participants recommend that the OIC Member States make the implementation of the rights of children a matter of high priority on their political agenda and, building upon OIC positive national experiences, establish a national body with a clear and strong mandate and with the necessary financial and human resources to ensure the coordination of the implementation of the CRC and the regular evaluation of progress. Participants recommend that the OIC Member States develop and implement laws and programs on children‘s rights in close consultation with parliamentarians, traditional, religious and other national or local leaders. Participants recommend that OIC Member States encourage a cooperative and productive partnership with civil society, in particular NGOs, and support their active involvement in developing, implementing and assessing the impact of child related legislation, policies and programs. 42

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