Lawfulness of corporal punishment

Prevalence research

Recommendations by human rights treaty bodies

Flag of Northern Mariana IslandsNORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS
(commonwealth in political union with US)

Report updated June 2007
Lawfulness of corporal punishment

Home

Corporal punishment is lawful in the home.

Schools

 There is no explicit prohibition in legislation of corporal punishment in schools, though it is prohibited by regulation in the Public School System.

Penal system

Corporal punishment is unlawful as a sentence for crime. Article 1, section 4 of the Constitution of the Northern Mariana Islands (1977) states: “In all criminal prosecutions certain fundamental rights shall obtain … h) Cruel and unusual punishment shall not be inflicted.”

Corporal punishment is reportedly unlawful as a disciplinary measure in penal institutions but we have been unable to confirm this.

Alternative care

No information.

Workplace

No information.
Prevalence research

None identified.
Recommendations by human rights treaty bodies

The US has signed but not ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

This analysis has been compiled from information from governmental and non-governmental sources, including reports on implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Every effort is made to maintain its accuracy. Please send us updating information and details of sources for missing information: info@endcorporalpunishment.org.

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