CRC/C/TJK/CO/2 Corporal punishment 39. The Committee notes the State party’s efforts to raise awareness on violence against children, including campaigns “protecting children from abuse” as well as the establishment of rehabilitation centres for women and children. The Committee, however, regrets that these activities are limited to certain regions of the country and corporal punishment is not explicitly prohibited under domestic laws and is extensively used as a disciplinary measure at home, schools, and childcare institutions. The Committee regrets the lack of representative data on corporal punishment of children by parents, teachers and the staff of childcare institutions. 40. The Committee recommends that the State party, as a matter of urgency: (a) Conduct a study on prevalence of corporal punishment in all settings; (b) Enact legislation in order to explicitly prohibit all forms of corporal punishment in all settings; (c) Organize awareness campaigns on the negative impact of corporal punishment on children, and provide teachers, parents, community leaders, and personnel working in penal institutions with training; (d) sanctions. Investigate reported cases of corporal punishment and apply adequate 41. With reference to the United Nations Secretary-General’s Study on violence against children, the Committee recommends that the State party 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 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: (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; (vi) Provide recovery and social reintegration services; (vii) Develop and implement systematic national data collection and research. (a) 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; (b) Provide information concerning the implementation by the State party of the recommendations of the Study in the next periodic report; (c) Seek technical cooperation in this respect from the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children, OHCHR, UNICEF and WHO, and other relevant agencies, inter alia, ILO, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNODC, as well as NGO partners. 8