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Global Initiative Newsletters
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Global Newsletters (from February 2008)
- Issue 18 (October 2011)
- Issue 17 (July 2011)
- Issue 16 (April 2011)
- Issue 15 (January 2011)
- Issue 14 (November 2010)
- Issue 13 (August 2010)
- Issue 12 (May 2010)
- Issue 11 (March 2010)
- Issue 10 (December 2009)
- Issue 9 (September 2009)
- Issue 8 (June 2009)
- Issue 7 (March 2009)
- Issue 6 (January 2009)
- Issue 5 (November 2008)
- Issue 4 (September 2008)
- Issue 3 (June 2008)
- Issue 2 (April 2008)
- Issue 1 (February 2008)
- Issue 18 (October 2011)
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African Newsletter (from May 2010)
Global Initiative Legal Reform Briefings (June 2009)
- Understanding the need for prohibition
(also available in Arabic and French)
- Reviewing current law
(also available in Arabic and French)
- Drafting prohibiting legislation
(also available in Arabic and French)
- Building a national strategy
(also available in Arabic and French)
- Working with Government and Parliament
(also available in Arabic and French)
- Using legal action and regional and international human rights mechanisms
(also available in Arabic)
- Key resources to support campaigning
(also available in Arabic)
Global and Regional Reports and Tables
NEW! Global Report 2011 on progress towards eliminating corporal punishment. Published December 2011.
Previous global reports: 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006
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.
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
Our global and regional tables, available as PDF files (updated December 2010), summarise the extent of prohibition in the home, schools, as a sentence for crime, as a disciplinary measure in penal institutions, and in alternative care settings. Download from here:
Global Initiative briefings
African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights – November 2006
Committee against Torture – April/May 2007; October/November 2006
Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights – May 2007; November/December 2006
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women – February 2007
Committee on the Rights of the Child – January/February 2007; September 2006
Human Rights Committee – March 2007; October/November 2006
Human Rights Council – March/April 2007
National human rights institutions (December 2006)
Prohibiting all corporal punishment of children: progress and delay (October 2011)
UN Commission on the Status of Women – February/March 2007
World Congress against Sexual Exploitation - English, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, French July 2008
Prevalance research regional reports 2010
Caribbean, East and Southern Africa, East Asia and Pacific, Europe and Central Asia, Latin America, Middle East and North Africa, North America, South Asia, West and Central Africa
Additional Resources available to download:
Guide to children and young people's participation in actions against corporal punishment
Ending corporal punishment - Swedish Government booklet
A Generation Without Smacking - The impact of Sweden's ban on physical punishment
Detailed review of meta-analyses of research by Elizabeth Thompson Gershoff
Hitting people is wrong and children are people too
Dodd, Chris (2011), Ending corporal punishment of children: A handbook for working with and within religious communities, Churches' Network for Non-violence, Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children & Save the Children Sweden
Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children (2009), Prohibiting all corporal punishment of children: Frequently Asked Questions (English, French and Spanish). Child-friendly version (English, French and Spanish)
Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children (2009), Prohibiting corporal punishment in schools: Positive responses to common arguments
Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children (2009), Prohibiting corporal punishment of children: A guide to legal reform and other measures (also available in French and Spanish)
Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children & Save the Children Sweden (2010), Campaigns Manual: Ending corporal punishment and other cruel and degrading punishment of children through law reform and social change (English, Spanish)
Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children (2011), Prohibiting all corporal punishment in schools: Global Report 2011
Modig, C. (2009), Never Violence: Thirty Years on from Sweden’s Abolition of Corporal Punishment, Stockholm: Government Offices of Sweden/Save the Children Sweden
Owen, S. (2009), Prohibiting all corporal punishment in Southeast Asia and the Pacific: Report of the regional technical workshop for Save the Children and partners, “Building effective child protection” (Bangkok, Thailand, 2-4 March 2009), Save the Children Sweden
Save the Children Sweden (2009), East and Central Africa Regional Technical Workshop on Law Reform to Prohibit All Corporal Punishment – Nairobi, Kenya
Strategic consultation on ending corporal punishment across Africa, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, February 28 and March 1 2011 English, French
Willow, C. (2009), Involving children and young people in violence prevention and protection: Executive summary of regional technical workshop for Save the Children and partners, Amari Watergate Hotel, Bangkok, 5-6 March 2009, Save the Children Sweden