Date: February 2009

Committee on the Rights of the Child recommends prohibition following 50^th session

At its 50^th session in January 2009, the Committee on the Rights of the Child examined implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo, Netherlands, Republic of Moldova, Malawi, and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.

The Committee consistently expressed concern at the legality and use of corporal punishment in homes, schools and other institutions and, in the case of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, corporal punishment as a sentence for crime.

The Committee recommended prohibition together with awareness raising and public education. To the Netherlands, which enacted legislation prohibiting all corporal punishment, including in the home, in 2007, the Committee recommended prohibition and other measures in Aruba and Netherlands Antilles.

The Committee’s recommendations relating to corporal punishment are available here and are included in the individual state reports for Aruba, Chad, DPR Korea, Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, and Republic of Moldova.

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