CRC/C/PAN/CO/3-4 (a) Complete thorough investigations of all incidents of fire, deaths and injuries in juvenile detention facilities of the incidents in Tocumen and Arco Iris, criminally prosecute and apply the appropriate disciplinary administrative measures, and ensure that all those found responsible directly or indirectly for the fires and ill treatment are sentenced and/or sanctioned, as the case may be; (b) Ensure that adolescent detainees are not further victimized; (c) Prohibit the use of tear-gas canisters in detention centres and monitor their implementation, applying disciplinary proceedings on non-compliance; (d) Reinstate and upgrade rehabilitation and recreational facilities and ensure health care and regular education for all juvenile detainees; and (e) Set up an independent commission to inspect all facilities periodically and report to the appropriate authority with recommendations for action. Corporal punishment 45. The Committee is concerned that the law does not expressly prohibit corporal punishment in the home and in schools. Furthermore, the Committee is concerned that the Family Code (1994, art. 319) and the Civil Code (art. 188) confer the right of parents and guardians in alternative care settings to “correct” children “reasonably and moderately” and that the Family Code (art. 443) authorizes guardians to “moderately correct” their wards. 46. The Committee reiterates its recommendations to explicitly prohibit in the State party’s legislation all forms of corporal punishment of children and to promote alternative forms of discipline. In this sense the Committee recommends that articles 319 and 443 of the Family Code and article 188 of the Civil Code be revised taking into account the Committee’s General comment number 8 (2006) on the right of the child to protection from corporal punishment and other cruel or degrading forms of punishment. Violence against children, including abuse and neglect 47. The Committee encourages the State party: (a) To prioritize elimination of all forms of violence, including abuse and neglect, against children, also by ensuring, among others, implementation of the recommendations of the United Nations study on violence against children (A/61/299), taking account the outcome and recommendations of the Regional Consultations for Latin America (Buenos Aires, 30 May – June 2005) and paying particular attention to gender; (b) To provide information concerning the implementation by the State party of the recommendations of the above-mentioned study in its next periodic report, particularly those highlighted by the Special Representative of the SecretaryGeneral on violence against children, namely: (i) The development in each State 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) To cooperate with the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children and seek technical assistance, inter alia, from UNICEF, the 9

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