Date: June 2004

Two more European countries ban all corporal punishment

A new Law on Protection and Promotion of the Rights of the Child in Romania prohibits all corporal punishment. The law passed both Chambers of the Romanian Parliament on June 15 2004. It will come into force on January 1 2005.

In Ukraine, a new Family Code came into force in January 2004, banning all corporal punishment.

This brings to at least 12 the number of European Countries which have banned all corporal punishment, including in the family.

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