CRC/C/KIR/CO/1 page 6 (a) Strengthening its efforts to promote within the family, communities, schools and other institutions respect for the views of children, especially girls, and to facilitate their participation in all matters affecting them; (b) Strengthening national awareness-raising campaigns to change traditional attitudes that limit children’s right to participation; and (c) Regularly reviewing the extent to which children’s views are taken into account, including their impact on relevant policies and programmes. 4. Civil rights and freedoms (arts. 7, 8, 13-17, 19 and 37 a) Birth registration 32. The Committee is concerned that registration at birth registration is not a systematic procedure and that a large number of children in the State party are not registered. 33. The Committee recommends that the State party strengthen its efforts to ensure that all children are registered at birth to ensure the full enjoyment of their rights. The Committee also recommends that the State party take measures to promote the importance of birth registration for all children, including through awareness-raising initiatives and access to free and effective registration technology in Government offices. Corporal punishment 34. The Committee is concerned that corporal punishment is not explicitly prohibited, and is still widely practiced in the home and schools and used as a disciplinary measure in alternative care settings. The Committee is also concerned that under article 226 of the Penal Code, “reasonable punishment” is permitted in penal institutions and by order of Island Councils. 35. The Committee recommends that, 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, the State party: (a) Amend all relevant legislation, in particular article 226 of the Penal Code to ensure that corporal punishment is explicitly prohibited in the family, schools, penal institutions, alternative care settings and as a traditional form of sentencing; and (b) Take effective measures, including through public awareness campaigns involving children and traditional leaders, to promote positive, participatory and non-violent forms of discipline as an alternative to corporal punishment at all levels of society, and to effectively implement the law prohibiting corporal punishment. Violence, abuse and neglect 36. The Committee is concerned at the high number of reported cases of violence and child abuse, including sexual abuse, and reports that victims of rape are often shunned from their community. While the Committee welcomes the establishment of a Family Assistance and