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Zambia
"The Committee notes that the Constitutional Court outlawed the practice of corporal punishment [John Banda vs. the People, HPA/6/1998] but remains concerned that corporal punishment is still practiced and accepted in schools, families, and care and juvenile detention institutions."
"The Committee recommends that the State party take legislative measures to prohibit all forms of physical and mental violence, including corporal punishment in schools and care institutions, as well as in families. The Committee encourages the State party to reinforce its public awareness campaigns to promote positive, participatory, non-violent forms of discipline as an alternative to corporal punishment at all levels of society."
"The Committee is deeply concerned about allegations of instances of ill-treatment by law enforcement officers against street children and children in custody in police stations, and other detention centres, despite the circular of 27 December 1999 to prison authorities to stop the practice of caning."
"The Committee recommends that the State party:
- set up child-sensitive mechanisms to receive complaints against law-enforcement officers regarding ill-treatment during arrest, questioning and police custody; and make sure that perpetrators are brought to justice;
- Systematically train the police force and prison staff and other authorities on the human rights of children;"
(6 June 2003, Unedited Version, CRC/C/15/Add. 206, paras 30, 31, 32 and 33 (a,b))
Zimbabwe
"The Committee further notes that insufficient attention has been paid to the principle of the best interests of the child both in legislation and practice, as well as to the respect for the views of the child in school, social and family life. In this regard, it is noted that, as recognized by the State party, the civil rights and freedoms of the child are to be exercised subject to parental consent or discipline, thus raising doubts as to the compatibility of this practice with the Convention, notably articles 5 and 12.
"The Committee is concerned at the present system of juvenile justice, including the lack of a clear legal prohibition of capital punishment, life imprisonment without possibility of release and indeterminate sentencing, as well as at the recourse to whipping as a disciplinary measure for boys.
"The Committee recommends that the State party adopt appropriate legislative measures to forbid the use of any form of corporal punishment within the family and in school".
(7 June 1996, CRC/C/15/Add.55, paras. 16, 21 and 31)