CRC/C/NGA/CO/3-4 (c) To establish an effective complaints and data collection system concerning complaints on torture or other forms of ill-treatment of children deprived of their liberty and that all allegations of torture or other forms of ill-treatment are promptly and properly investigated and that perpetrators are prosecuted. Corporal punishment 40. The Committee remains concerned that little or no action has been taken, or is planned for, by the State party to follow-up on its earlier recommendations concerning the outlawing of corporal punishment, especially by amending the relevant provisions of the Criminal Code and the Children and Young Persons Act which are inconsistent with the State party’s obligations under the Child Rights Act and the Convention. 41. The Committee urges the State party to ensure the prohibition of corporal punishment in all settings, including in the home and under sharia law, as recommended by the Committee in its earlier recommendations (CRC/C/15/Add.257, para. 38). The Committee further strongly recommends that the State party conduct awareness-raising campaigns to ensure that alternative forms of discipline are used, in a manner consistent with the human dignity of the child, drawing the State party’s attention to general comment No. 8 (2006) on the right of the child to protection from corporal punishment and other cruel or degrading forms of punishment, and that it seek assistance from traditional and religious leaders in this respect. Follow-up to the United Nations Study on violence against children 42. The Committee welcomes the Elimination of Violence in Society Bill and the adoption of state legislation prohibiting acts of violence against girls and women in support of the federal draft law. Nevertheless, the Committee reiterates its concern about the continued violence against children, especially gender-based violence. 43. With reference to the United Nations Study on violence against children, the Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Take all necessary measures to implement the recommendations of the United Nations Study on violence against children (A/61/299), taking into account the outcome and recommendations of the Regional Consultation for West Africa held in Mali on 24-25 May 2005. In particular, the Committee recommends that the State party pay particular attention to the following recommendations: (i) Prohibit all forms of violence against children; (ii) Strengthen national and local commitment and action; (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 the recommendations of the Study as a tool for action in partnership with civil society and, in particular, with the involvement of children to ensure that all children are protected from all forms of physical, sexual and psychological violence and to gain momentum for concrete and time-bound actions to prevent and respond to such violence and abuse; (c) Seek technical cooperation in this respect from the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children, 10