CRC/C/15/Add.196 page 7 (c) Consider the adoption of provisions to criminalize and punish racially motivated acts; (d) Carry out comprehensive public education campaigns to prevent and combat negative societal attitudes in this regard. 25. The Committee requests that specific information be included, in the next periodic report, on the measures and programmes relevant to the Convention undertaken by the State party to follow up on the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action adopted at the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, held in 2001, taking account of the Committee’s General Comment No. 1 on article 29, paragraph 1, of the Convention (aims of education). Respect for the views of the child 26. The Committee, while noting the information received on the active involvement of students in the education system in Estonia, regrets that little information was provided in the report on the actual respect for and enjoyment of this right in the family, administrative bodies and courts. 27. The Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Promote and facilitate within the family, institutions, the courts, and administrative bodies respect for the views of children, and their participation in all matters affecting them, in accordance with article 12 of the Convention; (b) Develop skills-training programmes in community settings for parents, teachers, professionals working with and for children, and local officials to encourage children to express their informed views and opinions by providing them with proper information and guidance, and to have them taken into consideration; (c) State party. Encourage and support the establishment of youth centres throughout the 3. Civil and political freedoms Nationality 28. The Committee welcomes the amendments made in 1998 to the Law on Citizenship simplifying procedures for the naturalization of children of stateless persons and notes that the number of stateless persons in Estonia is decreasing. Nevertheless, the Committee is concerned that the stateless situation of parents, who by virtue of their status are unable to participate fully in Estonian society, negatively impacts on their children’s integration into Estonian society. Moreover, it is concerned that, under article 21 of the Law on Citizenship, children of former military and security service personnel and their spouses and families may be denied citizenship.