CRC/C/CYP/CO/3-4 care. In that context, the Committee is also concerned about the inadequacy of training provided to the care professionals at these care facilities. 32. The Committee recommends that the State party strengthen the support provided to foster parents. In doing so, it recommends that the State party pay particular attention to improving the proportion of children over the age of 5 years deprived of a family environment, and children with behavioural difficulties, being placed in foster care. It further recommends that the State party ensure that adequate training, including on the Convention, is provided to caregivers at institutional childcare facilities. In doing so, it recommends that the State party establish a system for the regular evaluation of the quality of care provided at such facilities and ensure that children in such care are ensured access to effective complaints and remedy mechanism for abuse and/or neglect. Adoption 33. The Committee notes that the State party is in the process of seeking legislative approval of a new Adoption Bill. However, the Committee remains concerned that, pending the adoption of the new Bill, the State party’s adoption law is not in full compliance with the Convention and the Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Cooperation in respect of Intercounty Adoption. 34. The Committee recommends that the party expeditiously seek the enactment of its new Adoption Bill and, in doing so, ensure that all aspects of its national and intercountry adoptions are in full compliance with the Convention and the Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Cooperation in respect of Intercountry Adoption. Violence against children, including abuse and neglect 35. The Committee notes the State party’s nationwide awareness campaign for 2007– 2008 to sensitize the public on the issue of domestic violence and child abuse and campaigns organized by the Advisory Committee for the Prevention and Combating of Violence in the Family. However, the Committee remains concerned at the continued prevalence of domestic violence against women and children and the sociocultural tolerance thereof. In particular, the Committee is concerned that: (a) Existing measures taken against domestic violence are inadequate, with the rates of such violence remaining high, and no evaluation on the effectiveness of such measures is conducted; (b) protection; Large numbers of victims remain without support or shelters for their (c) There remains a lack of statistical data on violence in the family, in spite of the Committee’s previous observation (CRC/C/15/Add.205, para. 45); (d) An effective and accessible system for reporting and investigating cases of domestic violence is absent. 36. The Committee urges the State party to expeditiously adopt an effective strategy to combat domestic violence and allocate the necessary human and financial resources for the implementation of this strategy. In particular, the Committee urges the State party to: (a) Undertake an independent and systematic evaluation on the effectiveness of current measures to eradicate domestic violence, with a view to using the results of the evaluation to improve such measures; 7

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