CEDAW/C/MMR/CO/4-5 Participation in political and public life 30. The Committee notes the State party’s efforts to promote the participation of women in political and public life following the general elections held in 2015. The Committee remains concerned, however, at: (a) The low representation of women at the legislative, ministerial and local government (village committee) levels, as well as in the judiciary, the military, the diplomatic service and academic institutions; (b) The lack of temporary special measures, including statutory quotas, aimed at guaranteeing and accelerating substantive equality of women and men in political and public life; (c) The lack of information on the representation of women with disabilities and ethnic minority women, such as Rohingya Muslim women, in decision -making positions. 31. The Committee reiterates its previous recommendation CEDAW/C/MMR/CO/3, para. 29) that the State party: (see (a) Adopt measures, including temporary special measures, in accordance with article 4 (1) of the Convention and the Committee’s general recommendations No. 25 and No. 23 (1997) on women in political and public life, in order to guarantee and accelerate women’s full and equal participation at all levels, including the legislative, ministerial, and local government (village committee) levels, as well as in the judiciary, the military, the diplomatic service and academic institutions; (b) Provide information in the next periodic report on specific measures taken, including temporary special measures, to promote the representation of women with disabilities and ethnic minority women such as those belonging to the Kachin, Kaman, Rohingya and other ethnic minority groups in decision making positions. Nationality 32. The Committee notes that, in January 2015, the State party reinstituted a citizenship verification exercise in order to address citizenship issues in northern Rakhine State. The Committee is concerned, however, that the exercise, which entails the issuance of identification documents to members of the Rohingya Muslim ethnic group, still uses the outdated Citizenship Law of 1982, which is discriminatory since it results in the arbitrary deprivation of nationality. The Committee recalls its previous concluding observations (see CEDAW/C/MMR/ CO/3, paras. 30 and 32) and notes with concern that Rohingya women and girls in Rakhine State are being deprived of their nationality and, therefore, rendered stateless, by the Citizenship Law of 1982. The Committee also notes with concern that members of the Rohingya ethnic group, including women and girls, who refused to identify as “Bengali” have been arbitrarily excluded from the verification process, which was first piloted in June 2014. 33. The Committee reiterates its previous recommendations (see CEDAW/C/MMR/CO/3, paras. 31 and 33) and recommends that the State party amend the Citizenship Law of 1982 in order to grant citizenship to residents in the State party, in particular women and girls in northern Rakhine State, so 10/17 16-12871