CRC/C/15/Add.120 page 6 5. Family environment and alternative care Children deprived of a family environment 21. While the Committee welcomes the measures taken to comply with the Committee’s recommendation (ibid., paras. 154 and 163), it is still concerned about the insufficient alternative care available for children deprived of a family environment. The Committee recommends that the State party continue developing alternative measures to institutional care of children, in particular by promoting foster care. The Committee further recommends that the State party reinforce its monitoring and evaluation system to ensure the adequate development of children living in institutions and to continue taking measures to review periodically the placement and treatment of children as enshrined in article 25 of the Convention. Protection from abuse, neglect and violence (art. 19) 22. The Committee welcomes the legislative reforms aiming at preventing and combating domestic violence, but it remains concerned that physical and sexual abuse of children - within and outside the family - is a widespread phenomenon in the State party. In light of, inter alia, articles 3, 6, 19, 28 (2) and 39 of the Convention, the Committee recommends that the State party continue taking effective measures to prevent and combat abuse and ill-treatment of children within the family, at school and in society at large, including through setting up multidisciplinary treatment and rehabilitation programmes. It suggests, inter alia, that law enforcement should be strengthened with respect to such crimes; that adequate procedures and mechanisms to deal effectively with complaints of child abuse should be reinforced in order to provide children with prompt access to justice; and that the use of corporal punishment at home, in schools and other institutions be explicitly prohibited by law. Furthermore, educational programmes should be established to combat traditional attitudes within society regarding this issue. The Committee encourages the State party to consider seeking to this effect international cooperation from, inter alia, UNICEF and international non-governmental organizations. 6. Basic health and welfare Children with disabilities (art. 23) 23. With regard to the situation of children with disabilities, the Committee remains concerned at the inadequate infrastructure, limited number of qualified staff, specialized institutions for these children, and the inadequate resources, both financial and human. In addition, the Committee is particularly concerned at the insufficient implementation of the existing governmental policies and programmes for children with disabilities and at the insufficient monitoring of private institutions for these children. In light of the Standard Rules on the Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities (General Assembly resolution 48/96) and of the Committee’s recommendations adopted on its day of general discussion on children with disabilities (see A/53/41, chap. IV, sect. C), the Committee recommends that the State party develop early identification programmes to