CEDAW/C/BRB/CO/5-8 (d) Family Law (Amendment) Act, in 2014; (e) Maintenance (Amendment) Act, allowing any parent to make an application for child maintenance, in 2014; (f) Employment Rights Act, providing for special consideration of the safety and health of pregnant women, in 2012; (g) Safety and Health at Work Act, in 2005. 5. The Committee welcomes the State party’s efforts to improve its policy framework aimed at accelerating the elimination of discrimination against women and advancing women’s rights, including the adoption or the establishment of the following: (a) National youth policy, in 2012; (b) National HIV/AIDS policy, in 2008; (c) Establishment of the Bureau of Social Policy, Research and Planning, in 2007. 6. The Committee welcomes the fact that, in the period since the consideration of the previous report, the State party has ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, in 2013. 7. The Committee notes with satisfaction the engagement of the State party to implement the Sustainable Development Goals and the establishment of a new mechanism to reach those new objectives. The Committee recalls the importance of indicator 5.1.1 of the Goals and commends the positive efforts of the State part y to implement sustainable development policies, including measures to combat climate change. C. Parliament 8. The Committee stresses the crucial role of the legislative power in ensuring the full implementation of the Convention (see the statement by the Committee on its relationship with parliamentarians, adopted at the forty -fifth session, in 2010). It invites Parliament, in line with its mandate, to take the necessary steps regarding the implementation of the present concluding observations between now and the next reporting period under the Convention. D. Principal areas of concern and recommendations Legal status of the Convention and ratification of the Optional Protocol 9. The Committee is concerned that, although the State party rat ified the Convention in 1980 without reservations, the Convention has still not been fully incorporated into domestic law and, as a result, its provisions have not been directly invoked or applied in domestic courts. The Committee is also concerned that th e State party’s Office of the Attorney General advised against ratifying the Optional Protocol, given that ratification would require the establishment of additional mechanisms in order to comply with obligations under the Optional Protocol. 10. The Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Fully incorporate the provisions of the Convention into its domestic law; 2/14 17-11292