CRC/C/MKD/CO/2 (a) Take all necessary measures to implement the recommendations of the United Nations Study on violence against children, taking into account the outcome and recommendations of the Regional Consultation for Europe and Central Asia, (held in Slovenia from 5 to 7 July 2005). In particular, the Committee recommends that the State party pay special attention to the following recommendations: (i) Prohibit all violence against children; (ii) Prioritize prevention; (iii) Promote non-violent values and awareness-raising; (iv) Enhance the capacity of all who work with and for children; (v) Ensure accountability and end impunity; (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 psychological violence and to gain momentum for concrete and, where appropriate, time-bound actions to prevent and respond to such violence and abuse; (c) Provide information concerning the implementation by the State party of the recommendations of the Study in the next periodic report; and (d) Seek technical assistance from the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children, UNICEF, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the World Health Organization, and other relevant agencies, inter alia, the International Labour Organization, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, as well as NGO partners. 4. Family environment and alternative care (arts. 5, 18 (paras. 1–2), 911, 19-21, 25, 27 (para. 4) and 39 of the Convention) Family environment 43. The Committee is concerned that, through an amendment to the law on the family in 2004, the social work centres have been granted the power to limit and suspend parental rights owing to non-payment of maintenance obligations. The Committee is concerned that this measure unnecessarily severs the connection between parent and child and may result in a violation of the child’s right to maintain personal relations and direct contact with both parents (art. 9, para. 3). 44. The Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Remove the competence of the social work centres to limit and suspend parental rights and ensure that the suspension of parental rights is only done by a competent judge and only when required for the immediate protection of the child and for the protection of his or her best interests; (b) Take all appropriate measures and programmes to render assistance to parents in the performance of their child-rearing responsibilities, including through developing programmes aimed at improving parental skills (and competences). 9