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(b) To fully involve women at all stages of the post-conflict
reconstruction process, including in decision-making, in line with resolution
1325 (2000), and take into consideration the full spectrum of the Security
Council’s women and peace and security agenda, as reflected in its resolutions
1820 (2008), 1888 (2009), 1889 (2009), 2122 (2013) and 2242 (2015) as well as in
general recommendation No. 30;
(c) To include in its next periodic report information on its legal
framework, policies and programmes for ensuring the human rights of women
in conflict prevention, conflict and post-conflict situations, and to provide
additional information on its implementation of the Security Council’s agenda
on women and peace and security, in line with general recommendation No. 30.
Constitution, discriminatory laws and lack of legal protection
14. The Committee commends the State party on establishing a parliamentary
commission for the assessment of legal affairs and special issues, which is currently
reviewing more than 140 national laws to ensure compliance with international
human rights treaties. The Committee regrets that its previous concluding
observations regarding existing discriminatory provisions (see CEDAW/C/MMR/
CO/3, para. 10) have not been fully addressed, notwithstanding efforts to repeal and
amend all laws that discriminate against women. The Committee is particularly
concerned:
(a) That the Constitution still contains references to women as mothers,
which may reinforce the stereotype that the primary role of women is to bear
children;
(b) That Chapter 8, section 352, of the Constitution, despite the prohibition
therein of discrimination on the basis of sex in the making of appointments to
government posts, still provides that “nothing in this section shall prevent the
appointment of men to the positions that are naturally suitable for men only”;
(c) That, in May and August 2015, the State party adopted the Buddhist
Women Special Law, the Population Control and Health-Care Law, the Religious
Conversion Law and the Monogamy Law, which discriminate against women and
have a negative impact on the enjoyment of their rights under the Convention;
(d) That the revision and enactment of several laws that would promote
gender equality are still pending, including an anti-discrimination bill, a bill on the
prevention of violence against and protection of women, the Penal Code, the
Electoral Code and the Citizenship Law of 1982;
(e) That there is no comprehensive law guaranteeing protection against
forced displacement or programmes focusing on women who are vulnerable to
forced evictions, in particular those belonging to ethnic minority groups such as the
Rohingya.
15. The Committee reiterates its previous recommendations (see CEDAW/C/
MMR/CO/3, para. 11) that the State party, without delay:
(a) Amend the Constitution in order to remove stereotypical references
to the roles of women and men in the family and in society, as well as all other
discriminatory provisions, including regarding appointment to the civil service;
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