CRC/C/15/Add.170 page 9 (b) That persons who speak a language other than Greek, including refugees and asylum-seekers, have difficulty in registering names for their children in their native language. 41. The Committee recommends that the State party ensure: (a) That all children are registered at birth, including through improvement of the provision of information on, and easier access to, birth registration facilities; (b) That all children are able to be registered under, and make use of, their full original name as chosen by themselves, their parents or other legal guardian. Violence and ill-treatment 42. The Committee is concerned that: (a) As indicated in the State party’s report, about 60 per cent of parents practice corporal punishment of children; (b) Although corporal punishment is prohibited by law in schools, it is not prohibited in the family. 43. The Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Prohibit all forms of violence against children, including corporal punishment, by law in all contexts, including in the family; (b) Undertake education and awareness campaigns to inform, among others, teachers, parents and medical and law enforcement personnel about the harm of violence, including corporal punishment, and about alternative, non-violent, forms of educating children. Freedom of religion 44. The Committee expresses its concern at reports of administrative and social pressures being placed on children from religious minorities including, for example, the requirement that a student’s secondary school graduation certificate indicate, where this is the case, that the student does not practise the Greek Orthodox religion. 45. The Committee recommends that the State party ensure that a child’s religious affiliation, or lack of one, in no way hinders respect for the child’s rights, including the right to non-discrimination and to privacy, for example in the context of information included in the school graduation certificate.

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