CAT/C/BHR/CO/2-3 Corporal punishment of children 36. The Committee is concerned at reports that corporal punishment of children is still permitted in the home, in alternative care and day-care settings and in penal institutions (arts. 2, 4 and 16). 37. The State party should enact legislation to explicitly and clearly prohibit corporal punishment in all settings. Compensation to victims of torture and ill-treatment 38. While welcoming the creation of the National Fund for the Compensation of Victims and the establishment of special courts devoted to hearing compensation claims, which was announced on 27 February 2012 by the Supreme Judicial Council, the Committee is concerned that compensation has been paid to only some of the victims and families of victims identified by the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry (art. 14). 39. The State party should ensure that the National Fund for the Compensation of Victims provides compensation to all victims of torture and ill-treatment entitled to receive it, including all those identified by the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry. Visits by United Nations human rights mechanisms 40. The Committee is concerned that, despite repeated requests to visit the country by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, the State party postponed the visit, claiming that it had come at an inopportune time on account of its efforts to implement the recommendations of the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry and a far-reaching process of reform and development. The Committee is also concerned that the representatives of the State party were not able to indicate when the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights would be permitted to visit the country in response to the invitation the Parliament of Bahrain issued through the media to visit places of detention and Shia villages in Bahrain. The invitation had been accepted by the High Commissioner, but the Government of Bahrain had taken no action in that regard at the time of the dialogue with the Committee. 41. The Committee recommends that the State party promptly accept the request of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment to visit the country. The State party is encouraged to enable the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to visit the country, particularly its places of detention, which are a matter of relevance to the compliance by Bahrain with the provisions of the Convention. Follow-up procedure 42. The Committee requests the State party to provide, by 12 May 2018, information on follow-up to the Committee’s recommendations on the moratorium on the death penalty, regular visits by independent monitoring bodies, including international bodies, to places of detention, and visits by the United Nations human rights mechanisms (see paras. 13 (a), 23 (d) and 41 above). In that context, the State party is invited to inform the Committee about its plans for implementing, within the coming reporting period, some or all of the remaining recommendations in the concluding observations. Other issues 43. The Committee reiterates its recommendation (see CAT/C/CR/34/BHR, para. 9) that the State party consider making the declarations under articles 21 and 22 of the Convention and ratifying the Optional Protocol to the Convention. 44. The Committee invites the State party to ratify the core United Nations human rights treaties to which it is not yet party. 10