Committee on the Rights of the Child presses states to prohibit corporal punishment in the home

The Committee on the Rights of the Child has published its concluding observations following examination of states parties’ implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child at its 48^th session.

The Committee recommended that Eritrea, Georgia, Serbia and Sierra Leone prohibit all corporal punishment in all settings, including in the family home.

To the government in Bulgaria, where corporal punishment has already been prohibited in all settings, the Committee focused on implementation of the prohibition, recommending that the state party enforce the ban by "a) undertaking public and professional awareness raising; b) promoting non-violent, positive, participatory methods of childrearing and education and reinforcing knowledge among children of their right to protection from all forms of corporal punishment; and c) bringing offenders before the competent administrative and judicial authorities" (para. 32).

The Committee’s recommendations relating to corporal punishment are available from our CRC page, and are also included in the individual state reports of the relevant countries.

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