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NEW! Bhutan, Djibouti and the UK must bring enact laws to prohibit corporal punishment in all settings, including the home
Global Initiative e-newsletter Issue 4 (September 2008) now available
Briefing on corporal punishment for World Congress against Sexual Exploitation
Costa Rica achieves full prohibition
Treaty bodies recommend prohibition of corporal punishment
Committee on the Rights of the Child presses states to prohibit corporal punishment in the home
States called to account concerning corporal punishment of children in Universal Periodic Review process
UN Committee Against Torture recommends prohibition in the home
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights adopts resolution against corporal punishment of all persons deprived of their liberty
New book documents how prohibition was achieved in New Zealand
Human Rights Council urges States to prohibit corporal punishment
Amnesty International calls for prohibition of corporal punishment in schools
Universal Periodic Review summaries now available
UNICEF publishes research on corporal punishment
Council of Europe campaigns for full prohibition
Committee on the Rights of the Child issues concluding observations at 47th session, Jan/Feb 2008
Achieving prohibition – Global Initiative launches new guide to legal reform
UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights urges Belgium and Costa Rica to prohibit corporal punishment of children in the home
European Committee of Social Rights recommends prohibition in the home
Two more countries achieve prohibition – Spain and Chile
Venezuela prohibits all corporal punishment of children
Uruguay becomes the first Latin American state to prohibit corporal punishment of children in the home
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