LATEST DEVELOPMENTS

Inter-American Commission on Human Rights adopts resolution against corporal punishment of all persons deprived of their liberty
New book documents how prohibition was achieved in New Zealand
Global Initiative e-newsletter Issue 2 (April 2008) now available
Human Rights Council urges States to prohibit corporal punishment
Amnesty International calls for prohibition of corporal punishment in schools
Universal Periodic Review summaries now available
UNICEF publishes research on corporal punishment
Council of Europe campaigns for full prohibition
Global Initiative launches e-newsletter
Committee on the Rights of the Child issues concluding observations at 47^th session, Jan/Feb 2008
Achieving prohibition – Global Initiative launches new guide to legal reform
UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights urges Belgium and Costa Rica to prohibit corporal punishment of children in the home
European Committee of Social Rights recommends prohibition in the home
Two more countries achieve prohibition – Spain and Chile
Venezuela prohibits all corporal punishment of children
Uruguay becomes the first Latin American state to prohibit corporal punishment of children in the home
More and more states prohibiting all corporal punishment, including in the home – new global analysis of progress towards prohibition
Portugal prohibits corporal punishment by parents
Committee on the Rights of the Child issues concluding observations
New resource on positive discipline
2007 revision of All Africa Report on Corporal Punishment – available now
Committee on the Rights of the Child issues concluding observations of 45^th session
Portugal in breach of Revised European Social Charter for not prohibiting corporal punishment in the home
New Zealand prohibits corporal punishment by parents
World religious leaders support prohibition of corporal punishment
Global Initiative Briefings now available
Canada – Joint Statement on Physical Punishment of Children and Youth – Update
Netherlands becomes 18th country to ban corporal punishment by parents
Concluding observations of the 44th session of the Committee on the Rights of the Child
Mongolia and Taiwan prohibit school corporal punishment
Greece outlaws corporal punishment in the home
Religious communities commit to ending corporal punishment of children
Global Initiative issues first global report on progress towards eliminating corporal punishment
UN Secretary General’s Study report sets target of 2009 for prohibition of all violence
Committee on the Rights of the Child recommends prohibition of all corporal punishment following 43^rd session
Award-winning Australian NGO recommends legal reform to prohibit corporal punishment by parents
New General Comment on Corporal Punishment by the Committee on the Rights of the Child
Committee on the Rights of the Child issues more recommendations to ban all corporal punishment - Session 42
New All Africa report on ending legalised violence against children published
UN General Assembly calls for elimination of school and penal system corporal punishment
Independent Expert leading UN Secretary General’s Study on Violence against Children pledges to focus on ending corporal punishment
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights: hearing on ending corporal punishment
New journal dedicated to ending corporal punishment
Committee on the Rights of the Child recommends prohibition in 41st session
Greece moves towards prohibition of corporal punishment in the family
Special Rapporteur on Torture condemns corporal punishment
Nepal Supreme Court declares “minor beating” defence unconstitutional
Landmark European human rights ruling on equal protection
Commission on Human Rights adopts resolutions against corporal punishment of children
Human Rights Committee urges Greece to prohibit corporal punishment in schools
West and Central Africa: report calls for law reform to end legalised violence against children
South Asia region: report calls for law reform to end legalised violence against children
Caribbean region: report calls for law reform to end legalised violence against children
Hungary joins abolitionist states
More European states announce prohibition
UK's highest court rejects challenge to school corporal punishment ban
Sierra Leone Truth and Reconciliation Report recommends prohibition of all corporal punishment
Malta told to prohibit corporal punishment in family by Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Canadian organizations combine to condemn corporal punishment and seek law reform and public education to eliminate it
Committee on the Rights of the Child Chair calls for prohibition
Committee against Torture recommends prohibition
Call for Europe-wide ban on all corporal punishment
Two more European countries ban all corporal punishment
Canada's Supreme Court limits but fails to remove parents' "reasonable force" defence
Tasmania Law Reform Institute proposes abolition
Web-based resources for parents on positive discipline
Four European states breach Social Charter through failure to ban all corporal punishment
Committee on the Rights of the Child tells another 9 states to abolish
Iceland joins states offering children legal protection from all corporal punishment
Failure to prohibit all corporal punishment breaches European Social Charter
Committee on Rights of the Child 32nd session
International "no corporal punishment" day promoted by EPOCH-USA
European Social Rights Committee calls for abolition of all corporal punishment
Tasmania's Commissioner for Children - campaigning for children
Tasmania Law Reform Institute consults on banning corporal punishment
Meta-analysis of research into effects of corporal punishment published
Special Rapporteur condemns corporal punishment in report to UN General Assembly
UN Committee tells UK to ban smacking
Scotland drops proposal to ban smacking of babies and toddlers
International corporal punishment seminar in Denver
Committee on Rights of the Child 30th session
Fiji declares corporal punishment in schools and penal system unconstitutional
Key UN human rights body urges UK to ban all physical punishment
Scotland debates legislation to ban smacking for all children under three
New Handbook for Global Initiative
Committee on Rights of the Child 29th session
South African Law Commission advocates removal of "reasonable chastisement" defence
Committee on the Rights of the Child recommends prohibition of all violence to children
Committee on Rights of the Child 28th session
Research review of effects of Sweden's ban
UK responses to European Court judgment on parental corporal punishment
UN Secretary General acknowledges progress towards ending corporal punishment
European and Central Asian States commit to ending all corporal punishment
New Zealand considers banning all corporal punishment
Human Rights Commission condemns corporal punishment
Tanzania tells Committee it is considering reforms on corporal punishment
Kenya outlaws school corporal punishment
Delhi High Court condemns corporal punishment
Trinidad and Tobago prohibits school and penal system corporal punishment

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