CRC/C/COD/CO/3-5 (c) Children surviving sexual violence receive little access to health care, psychological support and compensation; (d) Perpetrators of rape and sexual violence against children enjoy impunity. 26. With reference to general comment No. 13 (2011) on the right of the child to freedom from all forms of violence, and taking note of target 16.2 of the Sustainable Development Goals on ending, among other things, violence against children and target 5.2 on eliminating violence against all women and girls, including sexual and other types of exploitation, the Committee urges the State party to: (a) Develop a national action plan to combat sexual violence and abuse of children both by civilians and in the context of the armed conflict, to ensure that the relevant legislation and national strategy are fully implemented; (b) Ensure prompt and effective investigation, prosecution and punishment of all perpetrators of sexual violence and abuse, and sanctions commensurate with the gravity of their crimes; (c) Establish mechanisms, procedures and guidelines to ensure effective mandatory reporting of cases of child sexual abuse and violence, and ensure accessible, confidential, child-friendly and effective channels for reporting such violations; (d) Provide local community-based child protection networks throughout the country with support, including adequate resources for their proper functioning; (e) Provide child victims of sexual abuse and violence with effective rehabilitation and reintegration measures, including health care, psychological support, legal aid and compensation; (f) Provide regular substantive training for judges, lawyers, prosecutors, the police and other relevant professional groups on standardized and gender- and child-sensitive procedures for dealing with victims; (g) Conduct large-scale awareness-raising and education programmes in collaboration with civil society organizations, targeting boys, girls, men and women, in order to prevent gender-based violence and to combat the stigmatization of victims; (h) Undertake a study of the extent and forms of sexual violence against and abuse of children both by civilians and in the context of the armed conflict, and collect disaggregated data on gender-based violence against girls and on the number of complaints, prosecutions and convictions, and include such data in its next report. Harmful practices 27. While welcoming the amendments to the Family Code in 2016 that increased the legal age of marriage for girls to 18 years, the Committee is seriously concerned that the number of child marriages, including customary marriages, in the country has been high, affecting a large number of girls. The Committee is also concerned about the continued practice of female genital mutilation in some parts of the country, in particular in Mweso, North Kivu, which remains largely unreported. 28. The Committee urges the State party to take effective measures to implement its legislation and eliminate child marriages, including customary marriages, and to raise awareness of the harmful effects of child marriage on the physical and mental health and well-being of girls, in collaboration with civil society, the media, traditional leaders and families. In the light of joint general recommendation No. 31 of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women/general comment No. 18 of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (2014), the Committee also urges the 8