Date: June 2010

Latest recommendations from the Committee on the Rights of the Child

The Committee on the Rights of the Child has published its concluding observations on states examined at the 54^th session, 25 May – 11 June 2010.

The Committee examined the state party reports of Argentina, Belgium, Grenada, Japan, Macedonia, Nigeria and Tunisia, and made recommendations in all cases to prohibit corporal punishment of children in all settings. The Committee expressed concern about legal defences for corporal punishment by parents in Argentina and Tunisia and about judicial corporal punishment in Grenada and under Sharia law in Nigeria. In most states – Belgium, Grenada, Japan, Nigeria and Tunisia – the Committee drew attention to the inadequate attention given to its previous recommendations concerning corporal punishment and again urged states to take the recommended action.

The Committee’s recommendations relating to corporal punishment are available here and are included in the individual state reports for Argentina, Belgium, Grenada, Japan, Macedonia, Nigeria and Tunisia.

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