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(b) Services for the physical and psychological support of victims of violence are
insufficient.
52. The Committee urges the State party to strengthen its efforts to prevent and combat
ill-treatment of children within and outside the family and reinforce the mechanisms
monitoring the extent of all forms of violence, injury or abuse, neglect, maltreatment or
exploitation covered by article 19, including within the family, schools, in institutional or
other care. The State party should also ensure that all children victims of violence have
access to counselling and access to appropriate recovery and reintegration services.
53. With reference to the United Nations study on violence against children, the
Committee recommends that the State party:
(a) Take all necessary measures for the implementation of the overarching
recommendations contained in the report of the independent expert for the United Nations
study on violence against children (A/61/299), while taking into account the outcome and
recommendations of the Latin American Regional Consultation on Violence against
Children, held in Buenos Aires from 30 May to 1 June 2005;
(b) Use these recommendations as a tool for action, in partnership with civil society
and, in particular, with the involvement of children, to ensure that every child is protected
from all forms of physical, sexual and mental violence and to gain momentum for concrete
and, where appropriate, time-bound actions to prevent and respond to such violence and
abuse;
(c) Seek technical cooperation in this respect from, inter alia, the Office of the
High Commissioner for Human Rights, UNICEF and the World Health Organization.
Corporal punishment
54. The Committee is concerned that article 191 of the Family Code seems to authorize
corporal punishment in the home and that there is no explicit prohibition of corporal punishment
in alternative care settings.
55. The Committee recommends that the State party, taking into account the
Committee’s general comment No. 8 on the right of the child to protection from corporal
punishment and other cruel or degrading forms of punishment (2006), introduce - and
enforce where applicable - legislation explicitly prohibiting all forms of corporal
punishment of children in all settings, including the home. The State party should also
conduct awareness-raising and public-education campaigns against corporal punishment
and promote non-violent, participatory methods of child-rearing and education.
6. Basic health and welfare
(arts. 6; 18, para. 3; 23; 24; 26; 27, paras. 1-3 of the Convention)
Children with disabilities
56. The Committee notes the enactment in October 2005 of the Law for Integral and Equal
Development for the Disabled, and welcomes the work of CONAMED (National Council for the