implementing development and urban renewal projects;
(d) Ensure that persons forcibly evicted from their properties be provided with adequate compensation and/or offered
relocation, in accordance with section 28 of the UDHA and the guidelines adopted by the Committee in its general
comment No. 7 (1997) on forced evictions; and
(e) Guarantee that relocation sites are provided with basic services (including drinking water, electricity, washing and
sanitation facilities) and adequate facilities (including schools, health care centres and transportation) at the time the
resettlement takes place.
31. The Committee notes with concern that, under the State party’s legal system, abortion is illegal in all circumstances, even when
the woman’s life or health is in danger or pregnancy is the result of rape or incest, and that complications from unsafe, clandestine
abortions are among the principal causes of maternal deaths. The Committee is also concerned about the inadequate reproductive
health services and information, the low rates of contraceptive use and the difficulties in obtaining access to artificial methods of
contraception, which contribute to the high rates of teenage pregnancies and maternal deaths existing in the State party. (art. 12)
The Committee draws the attention of the State party to its general comment No. 14 (2000) on the right to the highest
attainable standard of health, and urges the State party to adopt all appropriate measures to protect the sexual and
reproductive rights of women and girls, inter alia, through measures to reduce maternal and infant mortality and to
facilitate access to sexual and reproductive health services, including access to family planning, and information. In
particular, the Committee encourages the State party to address, as a matter of priority, the problem of maternal deaths
as a result of clandestine abortions, and consider reviewing its legislation criminalizing abortion in all circumstances.
32. The Committee requests the State party to disseminate the present concluding observations widely among all levels of society
and to inform the Committee on all steps taken to implement them in its next periodic report. It also encourages the State party to
continue engaging non-governmental organizations and other members of civil society in the process of discussion at the national level
prior to the submission of its next periodic report.The
33. Committee encourages the State party to consider ratifying ILO Convention No. 169 (1989) concerning Indigenous and Tribal
Peoples in Independent Countries.
34. The Committee also encourages the State party to consider ratifying ILO Conventions No. 81 (1947) concerning Labour
Inspection in Industry and Commerce, and No. 102 (1952) concerning Minimum Standards of Social Security.
35. The Committee invites the State party to submit a common core document in accordance with the 2006 harmonized guidelines
on reporting to the international human rights treaty monitoring bodies (HRI/GEN/2/Rev.5).
36. The Committee requests the State party to submit its combined fifth and sixth periodic reports by 30 June 2013.