CRC/C/TLS/CO/1 page 11 (c) Establish effective procedures and mechanisms to receive, monitor and investigate complaints, including through removing the requirement of a complaint by a child’s parent or guardian in cases of sexual abuse of girls aged under 15 years; and ensure that the abused child is not victimized in legal proceedings and that his/her privacy is protected; (d) Ensure that all child victims of violence and abuse have access to adequate care, counselling and assistance with recovery and reintegration services; (e) Encourage and promote the positive involvement of the media in the reporting of child victims of violence, abuse and ill-treatment and ensure that the media fully respect the right of the child to privacy; and (f) Seek assistance from, among others, UNICEF and WHO. 7. Basic health and welfare (arts 6, 18 (para 3), 23, 24, 26, 27 (paras 1-3)) Children with disabilities 56. The Committee is encouraged by the State party’s efforts to formulate a national policy for persons with disabilities. However, it is concerned about persistent factors that serve to perpetuate high rates of child disability, including poor maternal health standards and isolation from formal health services. The Committee regrets that children with disabilities are frequently excluded from mainstream education and community life and are placed in residential institutions. 57. The Committee recommends that the State party, taking into account the Committee’s general comment No. 9 (2006) on the rights of children with disabilities (CRC/C/GC/9) as well as the United Nations Standard Rules on the Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities (General Assembly resolution 48/96), take all necessary measures to: (a) Collect adequate statistical data on children with disabilities and use such disaggregated data in developing a comprehensive and specific national policy on disability which promotes equal opportunities of persons with disabilities in society; (b) Provide children with disabilities with access to adequate and standardized social and health services, including early intervention, psychological and counselling services; (c) Ensure that public education policy and school curricula reflect in all their aspects the principle of full participation and equality and include children with disabilities in the mainstream school system to the extent possible and, where necessary, establish special education programmes tailored to their special needs;

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