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State party increase its efforts to ensureeffective implementation of existing lawsguaranteeing the principle of non-discriminationand adopt a proactive andcomprehensive strategy to eliminate allforms of discrimination, including formsof multiple discrimination, against allvulnerable groups of children. TheCommittee recommends that the Stateparty pay particular attention to theequal status and full enjoyment of allhuman rights and fundamental freedomsby girls. As regards children born out ofwedlock, the Committee requests theState party to review its domestic legislationin order to secure their right toequal treatment, including their rightto equal inheritance and abolish the discriminatoryclassification of those childrenas “illegitimate”.22. The Committee requests that specificinformation be included in the nextperiodic report on the measures and programmesrelevant to the Conventionon the Rights of the Child undertakenby the State party to follow up on theDurban Declaration and Programmeof Action adopted at the WorldConference against Racism, RacialDiscrimination, Xenophobia andRelated Intolerance and taking accountof the Committee’s general commentNo. 1 (2001) on the aims of education.Right to life23. The Committee expresses its serious concernabout violations of the right to lifeof children, inter alia, due to the internalarmed conflict. The alleged cases ofextrajudicial killings of children by militarysoldiers in Bulan, Sorsogon, in 2004and by so-called death squads in Davaoand Digos cities during recent years givecause for very serious concern.24. While noting that the provisions of theRevised Penal Code (Republic Act No.3815) and the Act to Impose the DeathPenalty on Certain Heinous Crimes,which amended the Revised Penal Code(Republic Act No. 7659), explicitly prohibitthe imposition of the death penaltyon persons below the age of 18 years atthe time the crime was committed, theCommittee expresses its deep concern atthe cases where children, that is personsbelow the age of 18, have been placed ondeath row without definite proof of theirage.64