CRC/C/MEX/CO/3 page 8 (a) Adopt measures to prevent and eliminate all kinds of institutional violence, including torture, cruel, inhuman and degrading treatments; (b) Reinforce its judicial mechanisms to deal effectively with complaints of police brutality, ill-treatment and abuse of children; (c) Duly investigate cases of violence and abuse against children in order to avoid the impunity of perpetrators; (d) Ensure that child victims are provided with appropriate services for care, recovery and social reintegration; (e) Continue its efforts in training professionals working with and for children, including law-enforcement officials, social care workers, judges and health personnel, in the identification, reporting and management of cases of torture and other inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment. The Committee refers the State party to the Economic and Social Council Guidelines on Justice in Matters Involving Child Victims and Witnesses of Crime (Economic and Social Council resolution 2005/20 of 22 July 2005). Corporal punishment 35. The Committee is deeply concerned about the fact that corporal punishment is still lawful in the home, and is not explicitly prohibited in the schools, in penal institutions and in alternative care settings. It is further concerned that children have limited protection from violence and abuse under the law, and consequently that corporal punishment is widely used within the family, and in schools and other institutions. 36. The Committee recommends that the State party, taking into account its general comment No. 8 (2006) on the Right of the Child to Protection from Corporal Punishment and Other Cruel or Degrading Forms of Punishment: (a) Amend all relevant federal and state laws to ensure that corporal punishment is explicitly prohibited in all settings, including the family, schools, penal institutions, and alternative care settings, and ensure the effective implementation of these laws; (b) Take effective measures, including through public awareness campaigns, to promote alternative, positive, participatory and non-violent forms of discipline. 5. Family environment and alternative care (arts. 5, 18, paras. 1-2, 9-11, 19-21, 25, 27, para. 4, and 39 of the Convention) Children deprived of their family environment 37. The Committee notes with interest the Programme for Strengthening the Family aimed at raising awareness of parents about child rights and at strengthening families. The Committee takes note of the activities of the National System for the Full Development of the Family (DIF), aiming at supplementing the care received by children from vulnerable groups, in particular the “Children’s Matters” programme and the Child Development Assistance Centres. The