Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women, session 73 (2019)
RECOMMENDATIONS/OBSERVATIONS ON CORPORAL PUNISHMENT IN THE COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN'S CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS TO STATES EXAMINED IN SESSION 73 (1 - 19 JULY 2019)
Cabo Verde
30 July 2019, CEDAW/C/CPV/CO/9, Concluding observations on ninth periodic report, para. 29
“Recalling its general recommendation No. 36 (2017) on the right of girls and women to education and taking note of target 4.5 of the Sustainable Development Goals, to eliminate gender disparities in education, the Committee recommends that the State party: …
f) Ensure that the national plan to combat sexual violence against children and adolescents for the period 2017-19 is implemented in practice and develop measures to combat all forms of gender-based violence in schools, as well as corporal punishment.”
Guyana
(30 July 2019, CEDAW/C/GUY/CO/9, Concluding observations on ninth report, paras. 35 and 36)
“(…) The Committee expresses concern, however, about the following: …
e) The failure to explicitly prohibit corporal punishment in all settings;
“Recalling its general recommendation No. 36 (2017) on the right of girls and women to education, the Committee recommends that the State party raise awareness about the importance of girls’ education at all levels as a basis for their empowerment, especially in hinterland areas. The Committee also recommends that the State party: …
e) Explicitly prohibit corporal punishment in all settings (ibid., para. 29 (d)).”