74 ... ... ... ... .. REVIEW OF LAWS, IMPLEMENTATION OF TREATIES AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS Department of Women and Child Development in consultation with the Ministry of Law, Justice & Company Affairs was introduced in Parliament on 8 March 2002. Thereafter, the Bill was referred to the Standing Committee of Parliament pertaining to the Ministry of Human Resource Development for further examination and the suggesting of changes, if any, required in the Draft Bill. After the Standing Committee submitted its report, the Department of Women and Child Development sent a copy of the Draft Bill, along with a copy of the report of the Standing Committee to the Commission for its comments. 5.14 The provisions of the Draft Bill and the report containing the recommendations of the Standing Committee were examined carefully by the Commission and its detailed suggestions were forwarded to the Department of Women and Child Development on 30 January 2003. These may be seen at Annexure 5 to the present report. D] Implementation of Treaties & Other International Instruments 1) Protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child 5.15 In its annual report for 2000-2001, the Commission had recommended that the Government of India examine and become party to Optional Protocols 1 and 2 to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, dealing respectively with the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, and the involvement of children in armed conflict. The Memorandum of Action Taken on the annual report for 2000-2001 states that the Department of Women and Child Development is presently examining the issues connected with the signing of the Optional Protocol 1 and 2 and that the views of the Ministry of External Affairs have been communicated to the Department of Women and Child Development. The Commission urges the Government of India to complete the examination of these Protocols expeditiously and to take the necessary action along the lines already recommended by it. 2) 1977 Protocols to the 1949 Geneva Conventions 5.16 The Commission had asked the Government of India to examine the 1977 Protocols to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and to offer its comments on them. During the period under review, the Ministry of External Affairs informed the N AT I O N A L H U M A N R I G H T S C O M M I S S I O N