Chapter 1 – Report of the Policy, Law and Complaints Group II. LAW REFORM AND TREATIES DIVISION If the law should impose upon the process of “growing up” fixed limits where nature knows only a continuous process, the price would be artificiality and a lack of realism in an area where the law must be sensitive to human development and social change Lord Scarman House of Lords Gillick v West Norfolk and Wisbech Area Health Authority and Anor [1986] 1 AC 112 1. MONITORING OF STATE IMPLEMENTATION OF INTERNATIONAL TREATIES (a) Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) The Commission will give an update on the issues concerning women’s rights in its upcoming Parallel Report. The Commission reiterates its concern regarding the overdue State Report and urges the Government to expedite its submission. (b) Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) As the State Report is long overdue, the Commission hopes that the Government would submit the State Reports without further delay. The Commission was invited to “Sesi Pemurnian Laporan Negara: Konvensyen Mengenai Hak Kanakkanak (CRC)” on 18 June and 27 August 2015 by the Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development (MWFCD). The session’s objective was to gather input and statistics on issues concerning children’s rights, which are to be included in the State Report to the CRC Committee. The Commission was made to understand that the final drafts of the 2nd, 3rd and 4th State Reports would be forwarded to the Commission for comments. As the State Report is long overdue, the Commission hopes that the Government will submit the State Report without further delay. The Commission fervently hopes that the Government 46 BOOK-ANR2016-01-latest.indb 46 08/04/2016 3:32 PM