24Jul, 2020

Committee Against Torture issues recommendations

At its 66th and 67th sessions in 2019, the Committee Against Torture issued recommendations and observations on corporal punishment of children to South Africa, Bangladesh and Togo. Further information Read the Global Initiative’s individual country reports for Bangladesh, South Africa and Togo. For further information on the obligation to prohibit corporal punishment under the Convention Against […]

19Dec, 2019

Human Rights Committee issues recommendation on corporal punishment

At the Human Rights Committee’s 125th session earlier in 2019, the Committee issued recommendations on corporal punishment of children: To Angola and to Niger, the Committee recommended that the Government take practical steps, including through legislative measures, to put an end to all forms of corporal punishment in all settings. The Committee expressed concern to St Vincent […]