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(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;
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