CRC/C/GEO/CO/3 page 6 children’s right to freely express their views within the family, in schools and in the community at large. 26. The Committee recommends that the State party, taking into account the recommendations adopted by the Committee after the Day of General Discussion on the right of the child to be heard in 2006: (a) Further promote, facilitate and implement in practice, within the family, schools, the community level, in institutions as well as in civil, judicial and administrative procedures, the principle of respect for the views of children and their full participation in all matters affecting them, in accordance with article 12 of the Convention; (b) Support forums for children’s participation, such as the Youth Parliament; and (c) Continue to collaborate with civil society organizations, to increase opportunities for children’s participation, including in the media. 3. Civil rights and freedoms (arts. 7, 8, 113-17 and 37(a) of the Convention) Birth registration 27. The Committee welcomes the progress achieved with regard to birth registration rates due to the simplification of the birth registration procedure in 2003 and that birth registration is now free-of-charge. However, the Committee remains concerned that large numbers of children belonging to minority groups, as well as internally displaced and refugee children are still not registered at birth. 28. The Committee recommends that the State party continue and strengthen its ongoing efforts to establish institutional structures, for example through the use of mobile registration centres, in order to ensure full birth registration throughout the country. The Committee recommends, in addition, that information campaigns be used to inform the population of birth registration requirements. Torture and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 29. While welcoming the accession by Georgia in 2006 to the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and the elaboration of the Anti-Torture Action Plan, as well as the establishment of the Interagency Coordinating Council for fight against torture in June 2007, the Committee remains concerned about information indicating that children continue to be victims of arbitrary detentions, police brutality and ill-treatment in detention facilities. 30. The Committee recommends that the State party, in close cooperation with relevant NGOs: