A/HRC/34/67 (d) Resolve the legal status of habitual residents of Myanmar, including former holders of the temporary registration card, and ensure that they have equal access to citizenship through a non-discriminatory and voluntary process; (e) Enact laws on the prevention of violence against women and on the rights of children that are compliant with the international obligations of Myanmar; (f) Initiate a process of consultation with all stakeholders, possibly through the establishment of a preparatory committee focusing on the review and amendment of the Constitution, to bring it into line with international standards; (g) Cease immediately the arbitrary arrest and prosecution of those exercising their fundamental rights, including their rights to freedom of assembly, association and expression, and release all those arrested for exercising those rights; (h) Conduct prompt, thorough, independent and impartial investigations and systematically ensure redress for any violence, threats, acts of intimidation or harassment against members of the media and of civil society; (i) Publicly condemn all acts of incitement to discrimination, hostility and violence against minorities, while upholding freedom of expression. 91. Regarding conflict and the peace process, the Government should: (a) Immediately ensure prompt, thorough, independent and impartial investigations into allegations of violations committed in conflict areas, and the prosecution and punishment of all perpetrators; (b) Immediately ensure that the United Nations and its partners have regular, independent and predictable access to all those in need of humanitarian assistance, wherever they are located; (c) Ensure greater participation of women in the peace process, particularly in leadership roles including in the forthcoming Union Peace Conference, with a minimum quota of 30 per cent and integration of a gender perspective into political dialogues; (d) Take specific steps to develop a comprehensive support programme for victims and survivors of sexual and gender-based violence, including access to justice, health and psychosocial care, and socioeconomic support, and take the necessary steps to ensure that perpetrators are prosecuted and convicted; (e) Cease immediately the use of landmines, ratify the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-personnel Mines and on Their Destruction, and scale up the clearance of mines and unexploded ordnance, marking and fencing activities. Institute systematic mine risk and education activities; (f) Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict; (g) Ensure the involvement and integration of civil society organizations in the peace process. 92. Regarding development and economic, social and cultural rights, the Government should: (a) Ensure access to adequate health, education and other basic services for all, particularly in Rakhine State, without discrimination; (b) Ensure consistent participatory, inclusive and meaningful consultations with the communities on all development projects and the proper consideration of all comments received; (c) Ensure careful drafting of any changes to existing or new legislation, rules, regulations and agreements governing extractive industries and major development projects to ensure that they include transparency requirements and environmental, social and human rights protection; 18

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