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 […]

06Dec, 2019

Human Rights Council’s 41st session adopts final reports for UPR 32

The Human Rights Council has adopted the final working group reports for the Universal Periodic Review’s 32nd session, which included states’ final formal responses to all recommendations extended. States can either ‘support’ (accept) or ‘note’ UPR recommendations. Afghanistan and Chile supported recommendations to prohibit all corporal punishment of children. Slovakia supported a recommendation to “put an […]

27Nov, 2019

Committee on the Rights of the Child makes recommendations on corporal punishment at 82nd session

The Committee on the Rights of the Child made recommendations on corporal punishment of children to all states examined during the 82nd session: For Australia, the Committee recalled their previous recommendation to explicitly prohibit corporal punishment in law in all settings and to repeal the legal defence of “reasonable chastisement”. It also recommended that awareness-raising […]