Global Initiative logo

INDIVIDUAL STATE REPORTS

The Global Initiative has prepared individual reports on the legality of corporal punishment in every state and dependent territory.
Select by region below:

GLOBAL INITIATIVE REPORTS SUBMITTED TO UN SECRETARY GENERAL’S STUDY ON VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN

NEW: Global Report 2007 on progress towards eliminating corporal punishment. Published October 2007.

The Global Initiative has submitted reports with recommendations to each of the nine regional consultations organised for the Study between March and July 2005, available below.

For more information on the UNSG’s Study, click here.

For reports on the regional consultations compiled by the Children’s Rights Information Network - CRIN - click here.

Caribbean Consultation, March 2005, PDF 760 KB
South Asia Consultation, May 2005, PDF 366 KB
West Africa Consultation, May 2005, PDF 612 KB French version.
Latin America Consultation, May 2005, PDF 868 KB
Spanish version.
Latin America Consultation, May 2005, PDF 868 KB English version.
North America Consultation, June 2005, PDF 524 KB
East Asia and Pacific Consultation, June 2005, PDF 819 KB
Middle East and North Africa Consultation, June 2005, PDF 1.2 MB Arabic version.
Middle East and North Africa Consultation, June 2005, PDF 272 KB English version.
Europe and Central Asia Consultation, July 2005, PDF 1.0 MB
East and Southern Africa Consultation, July 2005, PDF 532 KB
All Africa Report, September 2007, PDF 1.0 MB

For summary of legality in all states, click here.

Please send us updating information and details of sources for missing information: info@endcorporalpunishment.org.

Back to top