19. Moreover, the Committee recommends the State Party to address the challenges in relation to infanticide and baby dumping by increasing women's and adolescent's access to reproductive health services: encouraging and promoting domestic adoption and foster care; and providing shelters to cater for neglected children. Child Participation 20. Commending the Government of Namibia for establishing Children's Parliament, the Committee recommends the State Party to continue its support to the Children's Parliament and to take into consideration the views of the Children's Parliament in making decisions that have impact on children. 21. Further, the Committee recommends the State Party to establish and strengthen child friendly courts and procedures for child victims and witnesses; ensure that children are heard in civil judicial proceedings affecting them, including divorce, separation, and adoption; ensure that children have the opportunity to use broadcast media to communicate their own views; and set in place confidential reporting mechanisms for children who are victims of abuse and violence. D. Civil Rights and Freedoms Name, Nationalityj Identity and registration at birth 22.The Committee commends the State Party for launching several initiatives to eradicate barriers to birth registration by opening hospitai-based offices and sub-regional offices in rural areas and regular mobile registration campaigns. However, the Committee has concerns about the legal uncertainty in relation to children born in Namibia to stateless parents and migrants and refugees. In addition, the Committee is concerned about the legal barriers on children's access to birth registration created under the Births, Marriages and Deaths Registration Act, the Marriage Act, and the Migration Control Act. 23.Therefore, Committee recommends the Government of Namibia to circumvent all legal and administrative barriers on access to birth registration through legislative amendment and other appropriate measures. Moreover, the Committee recommends the State Party to fulfill its obligation of ensuring that every child is registered immediately after birth, is named, and acquired nationality by playing a pro-active role such as launching education and sensitization campaigns on birth registration; and ensuring proper coordination between the central civil registration authority and other civil registration offices across the country. To this effect, the Committee highly encourages the State Party to use as guidelines the Committee's General Comment on Article 6 of the African Children's Charter.

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