CRC/C/15/Add.196 page 9 (d) Establish effective mechanisms and procedures for receiving, monitoring and investigating complaints, including intervention where necessary; (e) Investigate and prosecute instances of ill-treatment, ensuring that the abused child is not further victimized in legal proceedings and that his or her privacy is protected; (f) Give attention to addressing and overcoming sociocultural barriers that inhibit victims from seeking assistance; (g) Provide counselling, care, recovery and reintegration services to victims and perpetrators alike; (h) Train teachers, law enforcement officials, care and social workers, judges and health professionals in the identification, reporting and management of cases of ill-treatment; (i) Devise a comprehensive strategy for reducing and preventing violence in schools, whether among students or by teachers, including through peer groups; (j) Take into account the Committee’s recommendations adopted at its day of general discussion on “Violence against children within the family and in schools” (CRC/C/111). 4. Family environment and alternative care Family environment 32. The Committee welcomes the priorities as described in the State party’s report to support the family structure, but remains concerned that there is a high number of children in institutions and that: (a) According to the report submitted by the State party, 27.6 per cent (1999) of children in shelters are placed there because of their difficult economic conditions; (b) Conditions in institutions are poor and the system of periodic review of placement does not adequately take into account the views and best interests of the child by providing appropriate counselling and support or finding forms of alternative care other than institutionalization; (c) 33. There is insufficient collection of adequate data. The Committee recommends that the State party: (a) of children; Undertake a comprehensive study on the phenomenon of institutionalization