01Oct, 2024
Progress in the Middle East
Reports on every state
Bahrain, Israel (achieved prohibition in 2000), Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Qatar, State of Palestine, United Arab Emirates
Summary tables of progress
Regional campaigns against corporal punishment
Human Rights Watch Index on Corporal Punishment for the Middle East and North Africa
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Regional publications
A series of booklets answering common questions about prohibiting all corporal punishment of children, including a booklet for children and one answering specific questions about corporal punishment in schools. Now available in 14 languages.
News from the Middle East
Regional human rights
The Arab Charter on Human Rights requires states to ensure the prohibition of all forms of violence by family members, particularly against women and children
The Cairo Declaration on the Convention on the Rights of the Child and Islamic Jurisprudence confirms the obligation to prohibit all corporal punishment of children