CRC/C/GEO/CO/3 page 7 (a) Investigate thoroughly all allegations of torture and ill-treatment by public officials and ensure that perpetrators are rapidly brought to justice and tried; (b) Provide adequate reparations, rehabilitation and recovery programs for victims of such abuses; (c) Consider strengthening the existing system of independent monitoring for detention centres for juveniles; and (d) Ensure the accessibility of the existing mechanism, with the involvement of civil society as equal partners in this process, to receive complaints from, or on behalf of, children of ill-treatment or abuse by members of the police. Corporal punishment 31. While noting the legal prohibition of corporal punishment in school as stipulated in Article 19 of the Law on General Education, the Committee notes with concern that corporal punishment in the home remains lawful. Furthermore the Committee concerned that corporal punishment continues to occur in the home as well as schools and institutions. 32. The Committee recommends that the State party adopt legislation explicitly prohibiting all forms of corporal punishment of children in all settings, including the home. The State party should also conduct awareness-raising and public education campaigns against corporal punishment and promote positive, non-violent forms of discipline as an alternative to corporal punishment, while taking due account of the Committee's general comment No. 8 (2006). o on 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 33. With reference to the United Nations Secretary-General’s Study on violence against children (A/61/299), the Committee recommends the State party to: (a) Take all necessary measures for the implementation of the recommendations contained in the report of the independent expert for the study on violence against children while taking into account the outcome and recommendations of the Regional Consultation for Europe and Central Asia (held in Ljubljana from 5-7 July 2005). In particular, the Committee recommends that the State party pay particular attention to the following recommendations: (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) Prohibit all violence against children Strengthen national and local commitment and action Prioritize prevention Promote non-violent values and awareness-raising Provide recovery and social reintegration services Ensure accountability and end impunity.