{"id":12631,"date":"2019-04-25T11:44:06","date_gmt":"2019-04-25T10:44:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/?page_id=12631"},"modified":"2025-11-01T00:03:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T00:03:08","slug":"europe-and-central-asia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/europe-and-central-asia\/","title":{"rendered":"Europe and Central Asia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n            <div class=\"separator- glacier-section\"  id=\"section-69d7834908c6e\">\n            <div class=\"container\">\n                <section>\n                    \n<div class=\"row\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-sm-12\" style=\"background: transparent  \">\n\t\n<div class=\"heading-block text-left heading-block-line\">\n\t<h2 class=\"special-heading\" >Progress in Europe and Central Asia<\/h2>\n\t<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"row\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-sm-12\" style=\"background: transparent  \">\n\t<div class=\"feature-box text-center media-box \">\n    <div class=\"fbox-media\">\n                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-no-retina src=\"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Europe-map-1104x416.png\" alt=\"Europe map\" width=\"1104\" height=\"416\" class=\"img-responsive\" \/>\n        \t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fbox-desc\">\n        <h2><\/h2>\n        <span class=\"subtitle\"><\/span>\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"row\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-sm-4\" style=\"background: transparent  \">\n\t<div class=\"feature-box text-center media-box \">\n    <div class=\"fbox-media\">\n                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-no-retina src=\"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Americas-legend-1201x411.png\" alt=\"Americas legend\" width=\"1201\" height=\"411\" class=\"img-responsive\" \/>\n        \t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fbox-desc\">\n        <h2><\/h2>\n        <span class=\"subtitle\"><\/span>\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"row\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-sm-12\" style=\"background: transparent  \">\n\t\n\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/reports-on-every-state-and-territory\/\" target=\"_self\" style=\"border-radius: 100px;\" class=\"btn btn-default btn-sm \">\n    See individual reports on every country<\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"row\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-sm-12\" style=\"background: transparent  \">\n\t\n\t<div style=\"padding-bottom: 50px;\"><\/div>\n\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"row\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-sm-8\" style=\"background: transparent  \">\n\t\n<div class=\"heading-block text-left heading-block-line\">\n\t<h1 class=\"special-heading\" style=\"font-size: 18px;\">States prohibiting all corporal punishment<\/h1>\n\t<\/div><div class=\"text-block shortcode-container\" >\n\t<p>&nbsp;<\/p><table style=\"width: 100%;\" width=\"0\"><tbody><tr><td style=\"width: 39.9729%;\" width=\"218\">2025 - <a href=\"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/reports-on-every-state-and-territory\/czech-republic\/\">Czech Republic<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/reports-on-every-state-and-territory\/switzerland\/\">Switzerlan<\/a>d<\/p><p>2024 - <a href=\"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/reports-on-every-state-and-territory\/tajikistan\/\">Tajikistan<\/a><\/p><p>2019 - <a href=\"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/reports-on-every-state-and-territory\/georgia\/\">Georgia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/reports-on-every-state-and-territory\/france\/\">France<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/reports-on-every-state-and-territory\/republic-of-kosovo\/\">Rep of Kosovo<\/a><\/p><p>2017\u00a0-\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/reports-on-every-state-and-territory\/lithuania\/\">Lithuania<\/a><\/p><p>2016\u00a0-\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/reports-on-every-state-and-territory\/montenegro\/\">Montenegro<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/reports-on-every-state-and-territory\/slovenia\/\">Slovenia<\/a><\/p><p>2015\u00a0-\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/reports-on-every-state-and-territory\/ireland\/\">Ireland<\/a><\/p><p>2014\u00a0-\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/reports-on-every-state-and-territory\/andorra\/\">Andorra<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/reports-on-every-state-and-territory\/estonia\/\">Estonia<\/a>,<\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/reports-on-every-state-and-territory\/san-marino\/\">San Marino<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/reports-on-every-state-and-territory\/malta\/\">Malta<\/a><\/p><p>2013\u00a0-\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/reports-on-every-state-and-territory\/north-macedonia\/\">North Macedonia<\/a><\/p><p>2010\u00a0-\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/reports-on-every-state-and-territory\/albania\/\">Albania<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/reports-on-every-state-and-territory\/poland\/\">Poland<\/a><\/p><p>2008\u00a0-\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/reports-on-every-state-and-territory\/liechtenstein\/\">Liechtenstein<\/a>,<\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/reports-on-every-state-and-territory\/luxembourg\/\">Luxembourg<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/reports-on-every-state-and-territory\/republic-of-moldova\/\">Rep of Moldova<\/a><\/p><p>2007 - <a href=\"http:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/reports-on-every-state-and-territory\/spain\/\">Spain<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/reports-on-every-state-and-territory\/portugal\/\">Portugal<\/a>,<\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/reports-on-every-state-and-territory\/netherlands\/\">Netherlands<\/a><\/td><td style=\"width: 45.7048%;\" width=\"218\">2006 - <a href=\"http:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/reports-on-every-state-and-territory\/greece\/\">Greece<\/a><\/p><p>2005\u00a0-\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/reports-on-every-state-and-territory\/hungary\/\">Hungary<\/a><\/p><p>2004\u00a0-\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/reports-on-every-state-and-territory\/romania\/\">Romania<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/reports-on-every-state-and-territory\/ukraine\/\">Ukraine<\/a><\/p><p>2003\u00a0-\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.endcorporalpunishment.org\/reports-on-every-state-and-territory\/iceland\/\">Iceland<\/a><\/p><p>2002\u00a0-\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.endcorporalpunishment.org\/reports-on-every-state-and-territory\/turkmenistan\/\">Turkmenistan<\/a><\/p><p>2000\u00a0-\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.endcorporalpunishment.org\/reports-on-every-state-and-territory\/germany\/\">Germany<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.endcorporalpunishment.org\/reports-on-every-state-and-territory\/bulgaria\/\">Bulgaria<\/a><\/p><p>1999\u00a0-\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.endcorporalpunishment.org\/reports-on-every-state-and-territory\/croatia\/\">Croatia<\/a><\/p><p>1998\u00a0-\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.endcorporalpunishment.org\/reports-on-every-state-and-territory\/latvia\/\">Latvia<\/a><\/p><p>1997\u00a0-\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.endcorporalpunishment.org\/reports-on-every-state-and-territory\/denmark\/\">Denmark<\/a><\/p><p>1994\u00a0-\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.endcorporalpunishment.org\/reports-on-every-state-and-territory\/cyprus\/\">Cyprus<\/a><\/p><p>1989\u00a0-\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.endcorporalpunishment.org\/reports-on-every-state-and-territory\/austria\/\">Austria<\/a><\/p><p>1987\u00a0-\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.endcorporalpunishment.org\/reports-on-every-state-and-territory\/norway\/\">Norway<\/a><\/p><p>1983\u00a0-\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.endcorporalpunishment.org\/reports-on-every-state-and-territory\/finland\/\">Finland<\/a><\/p><p>1979\u00a0-\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.endcorporalpunishment.org\/reports-on-every-state-and-territory\/sweden\/\">Sweden<\/a><\/td><td style=\"width: 12.519%;\" width=\"218\"><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/div><div class=\"text-block shortcode-container\" >\n\t<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Territories<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">: <\/span><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/reports-on-every-state-and-territory\/faroe-islands\/\">Faroe Islands<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/reports-on-every-state-and-territory\/jersey\/\">Jersey<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/reports-on-every-state-and-territory\/svalbard\/\">Svalbard<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-sm-4\" style=\"background: transparent  \">\n\t\n<div class=\"heading-block text-left heading-block-line\">\n\t<h1 class=\"special-heading\" style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Summary tables of progress<\/h1>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<a href=\"http:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/legality-tables\/Europe-and-Central-Asia-progress-table-commitment.pdf\" target=\"_self\" style=\"border-radius: 100px;\" class=\"btn btn-default btn-sm \">\n    Europe and Central Asia (PDF)<\/a>\n\n\n\t<div style=\"padding-bottom: 15px;\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/global-progress\/global-table-of-legality\/\" target=\"_self\" style=\"border-radius: 100px;\" class=\"btn btn-default btn-sm \">\n    Online global table<\/a>\n\n\n\t<div style=\"padding-bottom: 15px;\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/global-progress\/\" target=\"_self\" style=\"border-radius: 100px;\" class=\"btn btn-default btn-sm \">\n    Browse all summary tables<\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"row\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-sm-12\" style=\"background: transparent  \">\n\t\n\t<div style=\"padding-bottom: 30px;\"><\/div>\n\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"row\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-sm-12\" style=\"background: transparent  \">\n\t\n<div class=\"heading-block text-left heading-block-line\">\n\t<h1 class=\"special-heading\" style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Regional campaigns against corporal punishment<\/h1>\n\t<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"row\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-3\" style=\"background: transparent  \">\n\t<div class=\"feature-box text-center media-box \">\n    <div class=\"fbox-media\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/info\/policies\/justice-and-fundamental-rights\/rights-child\/eu-strategy-rights-child-and-european-child-guarantee_en#the-eu-strategy-on-the-rights-of-the-child\" target=\"_blank\">\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-no-retina src=\"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/EU-Child-Rights-Strategy-391x468.png\" alt=\"EU Child Rights Strategy\" width=\"391\" height=\"468\" class=\"img-responsive\" \/>\n            <\/a>\n        \t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fbox-desc\">\n        <h2><\/h2>\n        <span class=\"subtitle\">EU Strategy on the Rights of the Child 2022\n(Website in 24 languages)<\/span>\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-3\" style=\"background: transparent  \">\n\t<div class=\"feature-box text-center media-box \">\n    <div class=\"fbox-media\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coe.int\/en\/web\/children\/corporal-punishment\" target=\"_blank\">\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-no-retina src=\"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/COE-campaign-web-576x384.jpg\" alt=\"COE-campaign-web\" width=\"576\" height=\"384\" class=\"img-responsive\" \/>\n            <\/a>\n        \t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fbox-desc\">\n        <h2><\/h2>\n        <span class=\"subtitle\">\u201cRaise your hand against smacking!\u201d \nCouncil of Europe <\/span>\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-3\" style=\"background: transparent  \">\n\t<div class=\"feature-box text-center media-box \">\n    <div class=\"fbox-media\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.childrenatrisk.eu\/nonviolence\/comic\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-no-retina src=\"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/NVC-campaign-web-576x384.jpg\" alt=\"NVC-campaign-web\" width=\"576\" height=\"384\" class=\"img-responsive\" \/>\n            <\/a>\n        \t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fbox-desc\">\n        <h2><\/h2>\n        <span class=\"subtitle\">\u201cA Non-violent Childhood\u201d\nCouncil of Baltic Sea States <\/span>\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-3\" style=\"background: transparent  \">\n\t<div class=\"feature-box text-center media-box \">\n    <div class=\"fbox-media\">\n                    <a href=\"http:\/\/enoc.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/ENOC-position-statement-on-Violence-against-children-2015-FV.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-no-retina src=\"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/ENOC-campaign-web-576x384.png\" alt=\"ENOC-campaign-web\" width=\"576\" height=\"384\" class=\"img-responsive\" \/>\n            <\/a>\n        \t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fbox-desc\">\n        <h2><\/h2>\n        <span class=\"subtitle\">European Network of Ombudspersons for Children <\/span>\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"row\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-sm-12\" style=\"background: transparent  \">\n\t\n\t<div style=\"padding-bottom: 50px;\"><\/div>\n\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"row\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-sm-12\" style=\"background: transparent  \">\n\t\n<div class=\"heading-block text-left heading-block-line\">\n\t<h1 class=\"special-heading\" style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Regional publications<\/h1>\n\t<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"row\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-3\" style=\"background: transparent  \">\n\t<div class=\"feature-box text-center media-box \">\n    <div class=\"fbox-media\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/non-violent-childhoods\/\" target=\"_self\">\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-no-retina src=\"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/NVC_StepbyStep2018-cover-1-2464x3484.jpg\" alt=\"NVC_StepbyStep2018-cover\" width=\"2464\" height=\"3484\" class=\"img-responsive\" \/>\n            <\/a>\n        \t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fbox-desc\">\n        <h2><\/h2>\n        <span class=\"subtitle\">A series of guides on implementing laws prohibiting all corporal punishment (2018)<\/span>\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-3\" style=\"background: transparent  \">\n\t<div class=\"feature-box text-center media-box \">\n    <div class=\"fbox-media\">\n                    <a href=\"http:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/regional\/EU-briefing-2015.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-no-retina src=\"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/EU-progress-briefing-2015-05-cover-1654x2339.jpg\" alt=\"EU-progress-briefing-2015-05-cover\" width=\"1654\" height=\"2339\" class=\"img-responsive\" \/>\n            <\/a>\n        \t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fbox-desc\">\n        <h2><\/h2>\n        <span class=\"subtitle\">Progress towards prohibiting all corporal punishment of children in EU member states (2015)<\/span>\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-3\" style=\"background: transparent  \">\n\t<div class=\"feature-box text-center media-box \">\n    <div class=\"fbox-media\">\n                    <a href=\"http:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/regional\/Central-South-East-Asia-Pacific-report-2014.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-no-retina src=\"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/central-south-east-asia-pacific-report-2014-cover-396x562.jpg\" alt=\"central-south-east-asia-pacific-report-2014-cover\" width=\"396\" height=\"562\" class=\"img-responsive\" \/>\n            <\/a>\n        \t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fbox-desc\">\n        <h2><\/h2>\n        <span class=\"subtitle\">Prohibiting corporal punishment in Central Asia, South East Asia and the Pacific (2014)<\/span>\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-3\" style=\"background: transparent  \">\n\t<div class=\"feature-box text-center media-box \">\n    <div class=\"fbox-media\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Council-of-Europe-abolishing-corporal-punishment.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-no-retina src=\"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/CoE-abolishing-corp-pun-557x549.png\" alt=\"CoE abolishing corp pun\" width=\"557\" height=\"549\" class=\"img-responsive\" \/>\n            <\/a>\n        \t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fbox-desc\">\n        <h2><\/h2>\n        <span class=\"subtitle\">\n\n\nAbolishing corporal punishment of children \n(multiple languages available from the Council of Europe website)<\/span>\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"row\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-sm-12\" style=\"background: transparent  \">\n\t\n\t<div style=\"padding-bottom: 30px;\"><\/div>\n\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"row\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-3\" style=\"background: transparent  \">\n\t<div class=\"text-block shortcode-container\" >\n\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-9508\" src=\"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/FAQ-2017-EN-cover-722x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"722\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/FAQ-2017-EN-cover-722x1024.jpg 722w, https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/FAQ-2017-EN-cover-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/FAQ-2017-EN-cover-768x1090.jpg 768w, https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/FAQ-2017-EN-cover.jpg 1748w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 722px) 100vw, 722px\" \/><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-3\" style=\"background: transparent  \">\n\t<div class=\"text-block shortcode-container\" >\n\t<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">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.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><a class=\"btn btn-white btn-lg brochures \" style=\"border-radius: 100px;\" href=\"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/faqs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Browse all languages<br \/><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-3\" style=\"background: transparent  \">\n\t<div class=\"text-block shortcode-container\" >\n\t<p><a class=\"btn btn-white btn-lg brochures \" style=\"border-radius: 100px;\" href=\"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/faqs\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">English<br \/><\/a><\/p><p><a class=\"btn btn-white btn-lg brochures \" style=\"border-radius: 100px;\" href=\"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/faqs\/sq\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shqip (Albanian)<br \/><\/a><\/p><p><a class=\"btn btn-white btn-lg brochures \" style=\"border-radius: 100px;\" href=\"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/faqs\/fr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fran\u00e7ais 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