CRC/C/15/Add.191 page 8 (b) Respond to allegations of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment of children; (c) Ensure the inadmissibility of evidence obtained through the use of torture; (d) Take measures to ensure follow-up to the recommendations made by the Human Rights Committee and the Committee against Torture as they relate to the Convention on the Rights of the Child; (e) Take immediate measures to stop police violence against children belonging to minorities, in particular the Roma, and challenge the prevailing impunity for such acts of harassment; (f) Take all legislative measures to prohibit all forms of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment; (g) victims. Provide support for the care, recovery, reintegration and compensation of 5. Family environment and alternative care Family environment 38. The Committee notes with deep concern that, as noted in the State party’s report, family disintegration, including high rates of divorce, growing numbers of single-parent families and cases of parental neglect, is a growing phenomenon. The Committee is further concerned at the growing percentage of families living below the poverty line, and regrets that its previous recommendation that the State party take further steps to strengthen the system of assistance to both parents in the performance of their child-rearing responsibilities has not been followed-up, (ibid., para. 25). Moreover, financial assistance to families has decreased. 39. The Committee expresses serious concern at the high increase in the number of children left without parental care and regrets that its previous recommendation (ibid., para. 26) to the State party to develop a comprehensive strategy to assist vulnerable families has not been followed. 40. In light of article 18, the Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Strengthen its efforts to protect children’s right to a secure family environment and ensure, through a comprehensive new Children’s Act, effective protection of children and access by all children and parents in need to financial assistance in this regard; (b) Take action on the recently drafted social assistance bill designed to restructure the system of social security benefits;