CRC/C/KHM/CO/2-3 (b) Enact legislation to explicitly prohibit corporal punishment of children in all settings, including within the family; (c) Ensure that laws prohibiting corporal punishment are effectively implemented and that legal proceedings are systematically initiated against those responsible for violence against children; (d) Introduce public education, awareness-raising and social mobilization campaigns on the harmful effects of corporal punishment with a view to changing the general attitude towards this practice and promote positive, non-violent, participatory forms of child-rearing and education as an alternative to corporal punishment; (e) Refer to the Committee’s general comment No. 8 (2006) on the right of the child to protection from corporal punishment and other cruel or degrading forms of punishment. Follow-up to the United Nations Study on violence against children 42. The Committee encourages the State party to: (a) Prioritize elimination of all forms of violence against children, including by ensuring implementation of the recommendations of the United Nations Study on violence against children, paying particular attention to gender; (b) Provide information concerning the implementation by the State party of the recommendations of the study in the next periodic report, particularly those highlighted by the Special Representative of the Secretary General on violence against children, namely: (i) The development of a national comprehensive strategy to prevent and address all forms of violence against children; ii) The introduction of an explicit national legal ban on all forms of violence against children in all settings; and iii) The consolidation of a national system of data collection, analysis and dissemination, and a research agenda on violence against children. (c) Cooperate with and seek technical assistance from the Special Representative of the Secretary General on violence against children, UNICEF, OHCHR, World Health Organization (WHO), and other relevant agencies, inter alia, ILO, UNESCO, UNHCR, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), as well as NGO partners. D. Family environment and alternative care (arts. 5, 18, paras. 1-2, 9-11, 19-21, 25, 27, para. 4, and 39 of the Convention) Family environment 43. The Committee welcomes the focus on family-based care through the programme on services provision to poor families and the establishment of a National Committee on Family Counselling Policy. The Committee is however concerned at the high rate of children reporting lack of care, attention and warmth from their parents. 44. The Committee recommends that the State party in cooperation with national and international organizations strengthen the existing counselling services for parents, further develop family education and awareness through, for example, training for parents on early childhood care, parental guidance and joint parental 9