The application of corporal punishment shall be prohibited.

UNESCO panel discussion on Violence in schools ending corporal punishment

UNESCO panel discussion on Violence in schools Ending corporal punishment

The Committee is seriously concerned about the Corporal Punishment Act and the 1973 Education Act which provides for corporal punishment, which is in clear contravention of article 19 of the Convention.

(b) To take measures to eliminate the use of corporal punishment in schools

In this connection, the subject of corporal punishment was raised and extensively discussed.

(f) To take measures to eliminate the use of corporal punishment in schools

(b) To take measures to eliminate the use of corporal punishment in schools

(a) Expressly prohibit corporal punishment by law in the family, schools and other institutions

(b) Expressly prohibit corporal punishment by law in the family, schools and other institutions

Reminds Governments that corporal punishment, including of children, can amount to cruel, inhuman or degrading punishment or even to torture

Yet, in my opinion, we continue to rationalise corporal punishment with outdated and irrelevant psychobabble.

The Committee welcomes the fact that the State party considers corporal punishment unacceptable and inadmissible however, it remains concerned that corporal punishment is not explicitly prohibited in the family, in schools, in other institutions and in childcare settings.

Corporal punishment is used as a disciplinary measure in penal institutions, reasonable punishment is carried out in schools and moderate punishment is lawful in the family.

(a) Consider the immediate repeal of, or amendment to, the Corporal Punishment Act and the Education Act

4. In operative paragraph 28, replace the words corporal punishment' with the words subjected to torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment' ,

(vi) The use of the cruelest forms of corporal punishment in contravention of human rights norms and standards

(b) The abolition of corporal punishment following Criminal Appeal No. 16 of 1999 (Supreme Court) Kyamanywa v. Uganda

Ms. Despotopoulou (Greece) noted that corporal punishment was strictly prohibited under the guidelines for the operation of welfare units.

In his statement, he addressed continuing occurrences of the practice of corporal punishment, such as amputation, stoning, flogging and beating, surveyed the jurisprudence of international and regional human rights mechanisms, and concluded that any form of corporal punishment is contrary to the prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.

The Committee is concerned that corporal punishment is not expressly prohibited by law and is widely practised and socially accepted.

The Committee is concerned that corporal punishment is still widely practised in the family, in schools and in other institutions.

It also notes with concern the lack of available data on ill treatment of children, including corporal punishment, beating and depriving children of their liberty as a punishment.

The Committee is concerned at the common use of corporal punishment in families and in schools and other institutions for children.

New legislation enacted in February 2005 had amended the school regulations to include an absolute prohibition of corporal punishment at all educational levels.

The Committee urges the State party to expressly prohibit corporal punishment by law in the family, in schools, in institutions and in other childcare settings.

(d) The cases of torture and ill treatment of civilians, extrajudicial summary or arbitrary execution, arbitrary arrest, detention without trial and corporal punishment in its cruellest forms

The Committee expresses its concern that corporal punishment is widely practised in the State party and that no explicit legislation exists in the State party to prohibit it.

According to the 2002 concluding observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child, corporal punishment continued to be practised in 60 per cent of Greek homes.

(b) Carry out public education campaigns about the negative consequences of ill treatment of children and promote positive, non violent forms of discipline as an alternative to corporal punishment

(c) Conduct awareness raising campaigns to inform the public about the negative impact of corporal punishment on children and actively involve children and the media in the process and

The Committee recommends that the State party explicitly prohibit corporal punishment in the family, school and penal institutions, and to undertake education campaigns that educate parents on alternative forms of discipline.

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The Committee strongly recommends that the State party take legislative measures to expressly prohibit corporal punishment in the family, schools and other institutions and to conduct awareness raising campaigns to ensure that positive, participatory, non violent forms of discipline are administrated in a manner consistent with the child's human dignity and in conformity with the Convention, especially article 28, paragraph 2, as an alternative to corporal punishment at all levels of society.

(b) Carry out effective public awareness campaigns and adopt measures to provide information, parental guidance and counselling with a view, inter alia, to preventing violence against children, including the use of corporal punishment

(e) Reform the administration of justice, particularly to improve the prison system, abolish capital and corporal punishment and forced labour, and end preventive or administrative detention as well as the detention of political prisoners

3. Takes note of the adoption by the Legislative Council of the Territory of the Corporal Punishment Abolition Act 2000, which brought to an end the exercise of such a power by the court or other authority

In its conclusion, the Board also stated that it did not consider it probable that the complainant had been subjected to torture, or that he had a well founded fear of being subjected to torture or corporal punishment.

The Government of Iceland had adopted provisions that made parents responsible for the protection of their children against violence, prohibited corporal punishment and taken measures to improve the care of children that did not live in a family environment.

It was after one of these corporal punishments that the two little girls fled.

Also calls upon all States to ensure that no child in detention is sentenced to forced labour or corporal punishment or deprived of access to and provision of health care services, hygiene and environmental sanitation, education, basic instruction and vocational training

28. Also calls upon all States to ensure that no child in detention is sentenced to forced labour or corporal punishment or deprived of access to and provision of health care services, hygiene and environmental sanitation, education, basic instruction and vocational training

(b) Strengthen awareness raising and education campaigns with the involvement of children in order to prevent and combat child abuse and promote positive, non violent forms of discipline and respect for children's rights, while raising awareness about the negative consequences of corporal punishment

(d) Ensure that positive, participatory, non violent forms of discipline are administered in a manner consistent with the child's human dignity and in conformity with the Convention, especially article 28, paragraph 2, as an alternative to corporal punishment at all levels of society.

25. Also calls upon all States to ensure that no child in detention is sentenced to forced labour or corporal punishment or deprived of access to and provision of health care services, hygiene and environmental sanitation, education, basic instruction and vocational training