{"id":1199,"date":"2017-06-07T09:24:08","date_gmt":"2017-06-07T08:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.endcorporalpunishment.net\/?p=1199"},"modified":"2017-10-07T09:26:10","modified_gmt":"2017-10-07T08:26:10","slug":"the-committee-against-torture-recommends-prohibition-to-further-states-at-its-latest-session","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/the-committee-against-torture-recommends-prohibition-to-further-states-at-its-latest-session\/","title":{"rendered":"The Committee Against Torture recommends prohibition to further states at its latest session"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In May 2017 the Committee Against Torture examined several states\u2019 implementation of the Convention Against Torture. Articles 1, 2, 4 and 16 of the Convention impose an obligation on states to prohibit all forms of corporal punishment, in the penal system and all other settings. On this basis, the Committee issued recommendations to the following states:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Afghanistan<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 the Committee expressed concern at the absence of a clear legal ban of judicial corporal punishment and at its use by armed groups present in the country. It recommended that Afghanistan clearly prohibit in legislation all forms of corporal punishment, including as a sanction for a crime of \u201chonour\u201d.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bahrain<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 the Committee recommended that the Government enact legislation explicitly prohibiting corporal punishment in all settings.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pakistan<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 the Committee expressed concern at the legality of judicial corporal punishment and urged Pakistan to \u201ctake the necessary legislative measures to eradicate and explicitly prohibit all forms of corporal punishment in all settings\u201d.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Republic of Korea<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 the Committee stated its concern at the legality of corporal punishment of children in homes, in care settings and in schools, outside of Seoul. It recommended that the Government enact legislation clearly prohibiting corporal punishment in all settings and in all parts of the country.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For further details, see the Global Initiative\u2019s individual country reports for\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.endcorporalpunishment.org\/progress\/country-reports\/afghanistan.html\">Afghanistan<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.endcorporalpunishment.org\/progress\/country-reports\/bahrain.html\">Bahrain<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.endcorporalpunishment.org\/progress\/country-reports\/pakistan.html\">Pakistan<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.endcorporalpunishment.org\/progress\/country-reports\/republic-of-korea.html\">Republic of Korea<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For further information on the obligation to prohibit corporal punishment under the Convention Against Torture and to see the Committee\u2019s recommendations in full, see the Global Initiative&#8217;s page on the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.endcorporalpunishment.org\/prohibiting-corporal-punishment\/hrlaw\/committee-against-torture\/\">Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In May 2017 the Committee Against Torture examined several states\u2019 implementation of the Convention Against Torture. Articles 1, 2, 4 and 16 of the Convention impose an obligation on states to prohibit all forms of corporal punishment, in the penal system and all other settings. On this basis, the Committee issued recommendations to the following [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[53],"class_list":["post-1199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-recommendations"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1199"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1199\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1200,"href":"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1199\/revisions\/1200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}