CEDAW/C/MMR/CO/4-5 (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; 4/17 16-12871

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