CRC/C/MDA/CO/3 page 6 30. The Committee recommends that information on infant mortality rates among Roma be provided as a matter of urgency and be used as a basis for the design and implementation of programmes to address infant mortality rates among Roma. The Committee further encourages the State party to pursue cooperation with the Transnistrian authorities in other areas with a view to improving the situation of children in the territory. Respect for the views of the child 31. The Committee welcomes the efforts of the State party to promote respect for the views of the child, inter alia through the provisions of the Family Code giving children the right to express their opinions in family matters affecting their interests, and to be heard during legal or administrative proceedings. The Committee, however, remains concerned that this principle is not adequately respected in families, in schools and other childcare institutions and within the community, and that it is not fully taken into account in administrative and judicial proceedings or in the development and implementation of policies and programmes. 32. The Committee recommends that further efforts be made to ensure the implementation of the principle of respect for the views of the child. In this regard, particular emphasis should be placed on the right of every child to be heard in the family, at school, within other institutions and bodies and in society at large, with special attention to vulnerable and minority groups. This right should also be incorporated into all administrative and judicial proceedings, laws, policies and programmes relating to children. 3. Civil rights and freedoms (arts. 7, 8, 13-17, 19 and 37(a) of the Convention) Access to appropriate information 33. The Committee notes with satisfaction the improved access to information afforded to children by the State party. The Committee, however, is concerned that inadequate attention is given to the need for the further diversification of the sources and methods of information in order to ensure the right of access to appropriate information. 34. The Committee recommends that the State party consider strategies for diversifying the sources and methods of disseminating information to children, in accordance with article 17 of the Convention. The Committee further recommends that, in accordance with article 17, the State party encourage the development of appropriate guidelines for the protection of children from information and material injurious to their well-being. Torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment 35. While welcoming the State party’s efforts to address torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment in detention facilities, the Committee is concerned at the low number of prosecutions brought by the General Prosecutor’s Office in such cases. 36. The Committee recommends that the State party implement strategies for the enhanced protection of child victims of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, and ensure the systematic and routine investigation and prosecution of reported cases.