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International and regional human rights instruments applicable in the Caribbean: overseasdepartments, territories and dependenciesApplicable human rights instruments Jurisprudence on corporal punishmentRecommendations/observations on corporal punishment made to the sovereign state by the treatybodies and during the Universal Periodic ReviewKey:CRC – Committee on the Rights of the ChildCAT – Committee Against TortureCESCR – Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural RightsHRC – Human Rights CommitteeECSR – European Committee of Social RightsUPR – Universal Periodic ReviewEuropean Social CharterEuropean Convention on Human RightsAmerican Convention on Human RightsConvention on the Rights of Persons withDisabilitiesConvention on the Elimination of All Formsof Discrimination Against WomenInternational Covenant on Economic, Socialand Cultural RightsInternational Covenant on Civil and PoliticalRightsConvention against TortureConvention on the Rights of the ChildGuadeloupe • • • • • • • • CRC (2009, 2004, 1994); ECSR (2011, 2005, 2003, 2001)Martinique • • • • • • • • CRC (2009, 2004, 1994); ECSR (2011, 2005, 2003, 2001)St Barthelemy • • • • • • • • CRC (2009, 2004, 1994); ECSR (2011, 2005, 2003, 2001)St Martin • • • • • • • • CRC (2009, 2004, 1994); ECSR (2011, 2005, 2003, 2001)Aruba • • • • • • • CRC (2009, 2004); CESCR (2010)Bonaire • • • • • • • CRC (2009, 2002)Curaçao • • • • • • • CRC (2009, 2002)Saba • • • • • • • CRC (2009, 2002)St Eustatius • • • • • • • CRC (2009, 2002)St Maarten • • • • • • • CRC (2009, 2002)Anguilla • • • CRC (2008, 2000); CAT (1998, 1996, 1993); UPR (2008)Bermuda • • • • • CRC (2008, 2000); CESCR (2009, 2002, 1997); CAT (1998, 1996, 1993); HRC (2008, 1995); UPR (2008)FranceKingdom ofthe NetherlandsBritish Virgin Islands • • • • • • CRC (2008, 2000); CEDAW (2008); CESCR (2009, 2002, 1997); CAT (1998, 1996, 1993); HRC (2008, 1995);UPR (2008)UKCayman Islands • • • • • CRC (2008, 2000); CESCR (2009, 2002, 1997); CAT (1998, 1996, 1993); HRC (2008, 1995); UPR (2008)Montserrat • • • • • CRC (2008, 2000); CESCR (2009, 2002, 1997); CAT (1998, 1996, 1993); HRC (2008, 1995); UPR (2008)Turks and Caicos Islands • • • • • CRC (2008, 2000); CESCR (2009, 2002, 1997); CAT (1998, 1996, 1993); HRC (2008, 1995); UPR (2008)Puerto Rico • •US Virgin Islands • •US12 Prohibiting corporal punishment of children in the Caribbean:
The Universal Periodic ReviewStates’ overall human rights records are examined by the UN Human Rights Council in the Universal Periodic Review(UPR). The first cycle of this four-year process ended in 2011, the second cycle begins in May 2012. The issue of corporalpunishment was raised in the reviews of most states during the first cycle, and more than 50 states accepted recommendationsto prohibit it. Of the 14 Caribbean states reviewed, recommendations to prohibit corporal punishment were made to 13. Therecommendations were accepted by two states but rejected by eight (though two of these acknowledged that laws allowingjudicial corporal punishment should be repealed); one state partially accepted the recommendation; in three states therecommendations were not formally accepted or rejected (see table on page 14).progress report 2012 13
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