CEDAW/C/MMR/CO/4-5 45. Recalling its previous recommendations (see CEDAW/C/MMR/CO/3, para. 43), the Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Repeal all local orders that unduly restrict freedom of movement of women in northern Rakhine State and that prevent them from fully enjoying their rights to education, employment, health care and emergency medical care in a timely manner, in particular in emergency and life-threatening situations, and repeal those local orders that restrict child birth and child spacing; (b) Promptly investigate and prosecute cases of gender-based violence targeting Rohingya women and other ethnic minority women and ensure that those convicted are punished with appropriate sanctions; (c) Ensure that internally displaced women and girls have access to basic services, including education and health care, and intensify efforts for their resettlement in the context of the Rakhine State government resettlement plan; (d) Ensure birth registration of Rohingya and those of other ethnic groups and remove all obstacles faced by Rohingya women and girls with regard to citizenship; (e) Intensify efforts to address the root causes of trafficking by, inter alia, providing Rohingya women and girls with access to basic services, including education, employment and health care; (f) Urgently establish an independent body to investigate allegations of violence against ethnic minority women and girls, including sexual and gender based violence, and prosecute alleged perpetrators and, if convicted, punish them with appropriate sanctions; (g) Take specific measures aimed at ensuring that representatives of ethnic minority women groups participate in peace processes, including conflict and post-conflict processes. Marriage and family relations 46. The Committee notes that the laws of the State party relating to marriage are varied and depend on the religious affiliation of the parties who enter into marriage. It is concerned, however, at the adoption in 2015 of four so -called “laws on the protection of race and religion”, which discriminate against women and girls based on, inter alia, their ethnicity and religion. The Committee is particularly concerned: (a) That the Buddhist Women Special Law imposes restrictions on Buddhist women who wish to marry outside their faith; (b) That the Monogamy Law imposes penalties on unmarried couples who cohabit, and its implementation may have a disproportionate impact on women; (c) That the Population Control Health-Care Law, which restricts the right of women to freely choose the number and spacing of children, could be used to further restrict childbirth among ethnic minority women, in particular Rohingya women in northern Rakhine State; (d) That marriage of girls under 14 years of age, with parental consent, is legal. 16-12871 15/17