Date: November 2001

Committee on the Rights of the Child recommends prohibition of all violence to children

In recommendations adopted following its General Discussion day on "Violence against children in families and schools", held on September 28 2001, the Committee proposed that States should "enact or repeal, as a matter of urgency, their legislation in order to prohibit all forms of violence, however light, within the family and in schools, including as a form of discipline, as required by the provisions of the Convention...".

The Committee proposed that the UN Secretary General should be requested, through the General Assembly, to conduct an in-depth international study on violence against children. It should include all forms of violence, including corporal punishment, and in all settings including the family.

For full report and recommendations see http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu2/6/crcdod3.htm

Thomas Hammarberg and Peter Newell, Joint Co-ordinators, made a submission for the General Discussion on behalf of the Global Initiative. All submissions can be viewed at http://www.crin.org/docs/resources/treaties/crc.28/Annex-III-CRIN.htm.

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