CRC/C/TJK/CO/2 public awareness through specific and targeted programmes, with a view to encouraging the family, the schools , the community and the public at large to adopt an attitude of respect of the opinions of the children (c) Taking into consideration the Committee’s general comment No. 12 (2009) on the right of the child to be heard. 1. Civil rights and freedoms (arts. 7, 8, 13-17, 19 and 37 (a) of the Convention) Birth registration 33 While noting the efforts made by the State party to promote timely birth registration, including the training of staff of hospitals and offices of registration of birth, as well as awareness-raising campaigns, and reduction of the registration fees, the Committee remains concerned that in remote rural areas the registration of birth is not fully implemented. It is also concerned that in some urban households children are not registered due to the mandatory fees. 34. The Committee recommends the State party make greater efforts to remove all administrative and financial obstacles that deter parents from registering their children and ensure free and timely registration of births, especially in remote rural areas, and encourages the establishment of mobile registration offices and registration units in schools and health facilities. It also recommends organizing national campaigns to raise awareness on the importance of birth registration for the child. 35. The Committee is concerned at the fact that access to information on the biological family is limited and that in cases where the child is born to a single unmarried mother, the possibilities for the child to get to know his or her father as well as the possibilities of establishing the paternity are limited. 36. The Committee recommends that the State party take necessary measures to provide children with access to information on their biological parents, in particular to provide them withthe possibility to establish a paternity by all means, including through DNA test. Torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 37. While noting that the law enforcement officers have undergone trainings by nongovernmental organizations, the Committee regrets that there is no mandatory training programme for law enforcement officials on children’s rights. The Committee is especially concerned about reports of ill-treatment of children in residential institutions for children with disabilities and lack of investigation of such cases. 38. The Committee recommends that the State party adopt appropriate measures to combat torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, including systematic training programmes at the national and local level, addressed to all professionals working with and for children on prevention of and protection against torture and other forms of ill-treatment. The Committee further recommends that the State party investigate the allegations of torture and ill-treatment of children, particularly of children in residential institutions, ensure the systematic and routine investigation and prosecution of reported cases and take all necessary measures to bring the alleged perpetrators to justice. 7