CRC/C/15/Add.113 page 6 Committee also recommends that efforts be made to raise awareness among government officers, community leaders and parents to ensure that all children are registered at birth. 20. The Committee notes with concern that insufficient efforts have been made to protect children from harmful information shown in private cinemas, homes and community settings. In the light of article 17 of the Convention, the Committee recommends that the State party reinforce existing and/or establish new appropriate measures to protect children from harmful information. 21. The Committee is concerned about the insufficient measures taken to prevent and prohibit police brutality and the inadequate enforcement of existing legislation to ensure that children are treated with respect for their physical and mental integrity and their inherent dignity. The Committee recommends that all appropriate measures be taken to implement fully the provisions of articles 37 (a) and 39 of the Convention. In this regard, the Committee also recommends that greater efforts be made to prevent police brutality and to ensure that child victims are provided with adequate treatment to facilitate their physical and psychological recovery and social reintegration and that perpetrators are sanctioned. The Committee recommends that the State party consider ratifying the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. D.5. Family environment and alternative care 22. With respect to the situation of children deprived of a family environment, the Committee expresses its concern at the insufficient number of alternative care facilities and the lack of support for existing ones. Concern is also expressed about the living conditions in alternative care institutions, the inadequate monitoring of placements and the limited number of qualified personnel in this field. The Committee notes with concern that foster care has not yet been institutionalized or standardized and that the organizations involved are generally left to develop their own individual systems of monitoring and recruitment. The Committee recommends that the State party develop additional programmes to facilitate alternative care, provide additional training for social and welfare workers and establish independent complaint and monitoring mechanisms for alternative care institutions. It is also recommended that the State party increase its efforts to provide support, including training for parents, to discourage the abandonment of children. The Committee further recommends that the State party develop a clear policy with respect to foster care and introduce measures to ensure a standardized approach with respect to recruitment, monitoring and evaluation under existing foster care programmes. 23. The Committee welcomes the recent initiative undertaken by the State party in establishing the National Commission to Study Intercountry Adoption and Combat Trafficking in Children. The Committee notes that the final report of the Commission, due in October 1999, will include legislative and other recommendations to protect the rights of children in situations of adoption and to prevent and combat the phenomenon of trafficking in children. The Committee remains concerned, however, at the absence of legislation, policies and institutions to regulate intercountry adoptions. The lack of monitoring with respect to both domestic and intercountry adoptions and the widespread practice of kalifa (informal adoptions) are also matters of concern. In the light of article 21 of the Convention, the Committee recommends that the