CRC/C/15/Add.58 page 7 up to the year 2000. With a view to ensuring the implementation of articles 28 and 29 of the Convention, the Committee recommends that the State party focus greater efforts on providing for compulsory and free primary education, eradicating illiteracy and ensuring the availability of bilingual education for indigenous children. Moreover, greater efforts should be made in training qualified teachers. Such measures will contribute to the prevention of any form of discrimination on the basis of language with regard to the right to education. 38. The Committee recommends that provision be made for offering social assistance to families to help them with their child-rearing responsibilities as laid down in article 18 of the Convention as a means of reducing institutionalization of children. Further efforts are also required to ensure the active participation of disabled children in the community in conditions which ensure their dignity and promote their self-reliance, as well as to ensure that disabled children are separated from adults suffering from mental ill-health. The Committee recommends that measures be taken to review periodically the placement and treatment of children as required under article 25 of the Convention. 39. The problems of children traumatized by the effects of armed conflict and violence in society are, in the Committee’s view, a matter of serious concern. In this connection, the Committee recommends that the State party give consideration to the implementation of specific projects for children, to be carried out in an environment which fosters the health, self-respect and dignity of the child. 40. In view of the fact that the Constitution of Guatemala recognizes the predominance of duly ratified international conventions in the field of human rights, the Committee urges the State party to apply the principles and provisions of the Convention in the area of juvenile justice, rather than the provisions of the national legislation which are in contradiction with the Convention, in particular those relating to the system of "irregular behaviour". The Committee further recommends that the juvenile justice system be revised to ensure that it is compatible with the principles and provisions of the Convention, including its articles 37, 39 and 40, as well as other relevant international instruments in the field. In this connection, it is recommended that the State party consider requesting technical assistance from international organizations, including the United Nations Centre for Human Rights. 41. As a means of tackling the interrelated issues of education and child labour, the Committee recommends that all necessary measures be adopted to ensure that children have access to education and that they are protected from involvement in exploitative activities. The Committee further recommends that effective public awareness campaigns be launched for the prevention and elimination of child labour in the light of article 32 of the Convention. In this regard, the Committee recommends that the State party seek technical assistance from the International Labour Organization. 42. The Committee recommends that the State party consider developing an agenda for priority action to ensure an integrated approach to the

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