CRC/C/PRY/CO/3 employment and that corporal punishment is culturally accepted as a form of education and family discipline. 38. The Committee recommends that the State party, as a matter of urgency: (a) Expressly prohibit corporal punishment by law in all settings, 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; (b) Set up an effective monitoring system in order to ensure that abuses of power by teachers or other professionals working with children does not take place; and (c) Carry out public education, awareness-raising and social mobilization campaigns on corporal punishment with a view to changing the general attitude towards this practice and promote positive, non-violent, participatory forms of childrearing and education. Follow-up to the United Nations study on violence against children 39. With reference to the United Nations study on violence against children (A/61/299), the Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Take all necessary measures for the implementation of the recommendations contained in the report of the independent expert for the United Nations study on violence against children while taking into account the outcome and recommendations of the regional consultation for Latin America held in Argentina between 30 May and 1 June 2005. In particular, the Committee recommends that the State party pay particular attention to the following recommendations: (i) To prohibit all violence against children, including corporal punishment in all settings; (ii) To promote non-violent values and awareness-raising; (iii) To ensure accountability and end impunity; (iv) To address the gender dimension of violence against children; (v) To develop and implement systematic national data collection and research; (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 gain momentum for practical 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. 9