Prohibiting all corporal punishment in schools: Global Report 2011
Prohibiting all corporal punishment in schools: Global Report 2011
Prohibiting all corporal punishment in schools: Global Report 2011
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Hitt<strong>in</strong>g people is wrong – and children are people too. Corporal <strong>punishment</strong> ofchildren breaches their fundamental rights to respect for their human dignityand physical <strong>in</strong>tegrity. Its legality breaches their right to equal protectionunder the law. Corporal <strong>punishment</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>schools</strong> breaches the right to education.Urgent action is needed <strong>in</strong> every region of the world to respect fully the rightsof <strong>all</strong> children – the sm<strong>all</strong>est and most fragile of people.This report reviews progress towards prohibition of <strong>corporal</strong> <strong>punishment</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>schools</strong> anddescribes the actions that need to be taken to ensure that children’s rights to protection from<strong>all</strong> forms of <strong>corporal</strong> <strong>punishment</strong> and to non-violent education are enshr<strong>in</strong>ed <strong>in</strong> nation<strong>all</strong>aws.The <strong>Global</strong> Initiative was launched <strong>in</strong> Geneva<strong>in</strong> 2001. It aims to act as a catalyst to encouragemore action and progress towards end<strong>in</strong>g<strong>all</strong> <strong>corporal</strong> <strong>punishment</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>all</strong> cont<strong>in</strong>ents; toencourage governments and other organisationsto “own” the issue and work actively on it; andto support national campaigns with relevant<strong>in</strong>formation and assistance. The context for <strong>all</strong>its work is implementation of the Convention onthe Rights of the Child. Its aims are supported byUNICEF, UNESCO, human rights <strong>in</strong>stitutions,and <strong>in</strong>ternational and national NGOs.<strong>Global</strong> Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children:www.end<strong>corporal</strong><strong>punishment</strong>.org • email: <strong>in</strong>fo@end<strong>corporal</strong><strong>punishment</strong>.org“End physical and psychological/emotional <strong>punishment</strong> and promote love and affection for children:governments should create national laws aga<strong>in</strong>st physical and psychological <strong>punishment</strong> and make systemsto implement and properly monitor these. Teachers should behave lov<strong>in</strong>gly and affectionately towardschildren. Governments should ensure that laws are widely known by everybody. Teachers should be givenproper teachers’ tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g and tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g on positive discipl<strong>in</strong>e and parents on parental education. There shouldbe mechanisms <strong>in</strong> school and out of school where children can compla<strong>in</strong> about severe <strong>punishment</strong>.”Children’s recommendation at the South Asia Regional Consultation for the UN Study on Violence Aga<strong>in</strong>st Children
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