CRC/C/SAU/CO/2 page 2 (d) The adoption, in 2002, of the Safety of Camel-Racing Regulation No. C/966 of 1/11 A.H. 1422, which prevents the use of children under the age of 18 as camel jockeys and strengthens the safety regulations of camel races; and (e) The State party’s efforts to promote open public debate on issues related to the rights of the child, including the establishment of the National Dialogue Centre in August 2003, which has held discussions on extremism, youth and women. 4. The Committee also welcomes the ratification of and accession to international instruments such as: (a) The Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 relating to the protection of victims of non-international armed conflicts (Protocol II) in November 2001; and (b) 1999 ILO Convention No. 182 concerning the Prohibition and Immediate Action for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour in October 2001. C. Principal subjects of concern and recommendations 1. General measures of implementation (arts. 4, 42 and 44, para. 6 of the Convention) Committee’s previous recommendations 5. The Committee notes with satisfaction the State party’s efforts to address various concerns and recommendations (CRC/C/15/Add.148) made upon the consideration of the State party’s initial report (CRC/C/61/Add.2) through legislative measures and policies. However, the Committee regrets that some of the concerns it expressed and recommendations it had made regarding, inter alia, the reservations and domestic legislation, the basic principles, civil rights and freedoms and special protection, have not been sufficiently addressed. 6. The Committee urges the State party to make every effort to address the recommendations issued in the concluding observations on the initial report that have not yet been implemented and to address the list of concerns contained in the present concluding observations on the second periodic report. Reservation 7. The Committee notes the information that the reservation which consists of a general reference to religious law and national law without specifying its contents, is mainly a precautionary measure and does not hamper the State party’s implementation of the Convention. But the Committee reiterates its concern that the general nature of the reservation allows courts, governmental and other officials to negate many of the Convention’s provisions and this raises serious concerns as to its compatibility with the object and purpose of the Convention.