{"id":14356,"date":"2019-07-26T12:51:36","date_gmt":"2019-07-26T11:51:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/?page_id=14356"},"modified":"2025-03-31T10:26:16","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T09:26:16","slug":"asia-and-the-pacific","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/asia-and-the-pacific\/","title":{"rendered":"Asia and the Pacific"},"content":{"rendered":"\n            <div class=\"separator- glacier-section\"  id=\"section-69d7822f58bf9\">\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\" >South Asia and Asia and the Pacific<\/h2>\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=\"text-block shortcode-container\" >\n\t<p>&nbsp;<\/p><p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-md-9\" 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\/03\/Map-asia-pacific-423x330.png\" alt=\"Map asia pacific\" width=\"423\" height=\"330\" 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-6\" 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\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\">\n\t<p><strong>2025<\/strong> - <a href=\"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/reports-on-every-state-and-territory\/thailand\/\">Thailand<\/a><\/p><p><strong>2024<\/strong> - <a href=\"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/reports-on-every-state-and-territory\/lao-pdr\/\">Lao PDR<\/a><\/p><p><strong>2021<\/strong> - <a href=\"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/reports-on-every-state-and-territory\/republic-of-korea\/\">Republic of Korea<\/a><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>2020\u00a0<\/strong>-\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/reports-on-every-state-and-territory\/japan\/\">Japan<\/a><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>2018<\/strong>\u00a0-\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/reports-on-every-state-and-territory\/nepal\/\">Nepal<\/a><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>2016\u00a0<\/strong>-\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/reports-on-every-state-and-territory\/mongolia\/\">Mongolia<\/a><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>2007<\/strong>\u00a0-\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/reports-on-every-state-and-territory\/new-zealand\/\">New Zealand<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-sm-6\" 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=\"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/South-Asia-progress-table-commitment.pdf\" target=\"_self\" style=\"border-radius: 100px;\" class=\"btn btn-default btn-sm \">\n    South Asia (PDF)<\/a>\n\n\n\n\n<a href=\"http:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/legality-tables\/East-Asia-and-Pacific-progress-table-commitment.pdf\" target=\"_self\" style=\"border-radius: 100px;\" class=\"btn btn-default btn-sm \">\n    East Asia and Pacific (PDF)<\/a>\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\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: 40px;\"><\/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\" style=\"background: transparent  \">\n\t<div class=\"text-block shortcode-container\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\">\n\t<ul><li><strong>Bangladesh<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blast.org.bd\/index\">BLAST (Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust)<\/a> leads the alliance of NGOs campaigning for full prohibition of corporal punishment.<\/li><li><strong>Indonesia<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/wahanavisi.org\/id\/mediacenter\/detail\/peluncuran-aliansi-penghapusan-kekerasan-terhadap-anak-pkta-menuju-indonesia-bebas-kekerasan-terhadap-anak-2030-1\">Aliansi Penghapusan Kekerasan Terhdap Anak<\/a> (Alliance for the Elimination of Violence Against Children) consists of 27 child-focused organizations together with the Ministry of Women Empowerment and Child Protection. In April 2019, the Alliance developed a strategy to achieve prohibition of corporal punishment of children.<\/li><li><strong>Myanmar<\/strong>: The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irrawaddy.com\/news\/child-rights-groups-campaign-corporal-punishment.html\">\u2018Stop Corporal Punishment Campaign\u2019<\/a> launched by the NGO Child Rights Working Group in November 2017 aims to raise awareness of the harm caused by violent punishment, to promote positive forms of discipline, and to see the revision of the 1993 Child Law so that it includes full prohibition of corporal punishment.<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-sm-6\" style=\"background: transparent  \">\n\t<div class=\"text-block shortcode-container\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\">\n\t<ul><li><strong>Philippines<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.savethechildren.org.ph\/our-work\/program\/childs-rights-and-protection\/\">Save the Children Philippines<\/a> have campaigned for the prohibition and elimination of corporal punishment in the Philippines since 2003. They work to build understanding among community organisations and child-led groups, promote alternatives to violent punishment, and continue to campaign for the adoption of the Positive Discipline Bill by the Philippines Government.&nbsp;<\/li><li><strong>Sri Lanka<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stopchildcruelty.com\/\">\u201cStop Child Cruelty\u201d,<\/a> launched in 2018, is a campaign aimed at ending corporal punishment of children in schools by 2020. The alliance of academics, professionals, NGOs and parents hope to raise the profile of corporal punishment by conducting awareness campaigns in schools, law enforcement and administrative institutions, in partnership with governmental and non-governmental organisations.<\/li><\/ul><\/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\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ASEAN-briefing-2024.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-no-retina src=\"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ASEAN-report-cover-492x692.png\" alt=\"ASEAN report cover\" width=\"492\" height=\"692\" class=\"img-responsive\" \/>\n            <\/a>\n        \t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fbox-desc\">\n        <h2><\/h2>\n        <span class=\"subtitle\">Summary of progress in ASEAN member states (2024)<\/span>\n        \n\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ASEAN-briefing-2024.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"border-radius: 100px;\" class=\"btn btn-default btn-sm \">\n    Download<\/a>\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\/SAIEVAC-briefing-2017.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-no-retina src=\"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/SAIEVAC-briefing-2017-cover-2481x3508.jpg\" alt=\"SAIEVAC-briefing-2017-cover\" width=\"2481\" height=\"3508\" class=\"img-responsive\" \/>\n            <\/a>\n        \t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fbox-desc\">\n        <h2><\/h2>\n        <span class=\"subtitle\">Summary of progress in SAIEVAC member states (2017)<\/span>\n        \n\n\n<a href=\"http:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/regional\/SAIEVAC-briefing-2017.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"border-radius: 100px;\" class=\"btn btn-default btn-sm \">\n    Download<\/a>\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\/Pacific-progress-briefing-2015-05.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-no-retina src=\"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Pacific-progress-briefing-2015-05-cover-1654x2339.jpg\" alt=\"Pacific-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\">Summary of progress in countries across the Pacific (2015)<\/span>\n        \n\n\n<a href=\"http:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/regional\/Pacific-progress-briefing-2015-05.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"border-radius: 100px;\" class=\"btn btn-default btn-sm \">\n    Download<\/a>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-3\" 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Now available in 14 languages.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>&nbsp;<\/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>&nbsp;<\/p><p><a class=\"btn btn-white btn-lg brochures \" style=\"border-radius: 100px;\" href=\"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/faqs\/bn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u09ac\u09be\u0999\u09be\u09b2\u09bf (Bengali)<br \/><\/a><\/p><p><a class=\"btn btn-white btn-lg brochures \" style=\"border-radius: 100px;\" href=\"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/faqs\/jp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u65e5\u672c\u8a9e (Japanese)<br \/><\/a><\/p><p><a class=\"btn btn-white btn-lg brochures \" style=\"border-radius: 100px;\" href=\"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/faqs\/zh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u666e\u901a\u8bdd (Mandarin)<br \/><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-3\" style=\"background: transparent  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class=\"month\">Mar, 2025<\/span><\/div>        <div class=\"blogpost-content\">\n        <header>\n            <h2 class='title'><a href='https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/thailandprohibitscorporalpunishment\/'>Thailand prohibits all corporal punishment of children!<\/a><\/h2>                    <\/header>\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/article>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-md-12 masonry-grid isotope-item  107-africa 110-americas-and-the-caribbean 30-articles 108-asia-and-the-pacific 116-english 109-europe-and-central-asia 106-global 33-global-progress 29-latest-news 111-middle-east\">\n            \n    <article class=\"clearfix blogpost-1 post-26582 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-africa category-americas-and-the-caribbean category-articles category-asia-and-the-pacific category-english category-europe-and-central-asia category-global category-global-progress category-news category-middle-east\">\n                \n<div class=\"blogpost-body \">\n            <div class=\"post-info-1\"><span class=\"day\">08<\/span><span class=\"month\">Oct, 2024<\/span><\/div>        <div class=\"blogpost-content\">\n        <header>\n            <h2 class='title'><a href='https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/corporalpunishmentatmincon\/'>Focus on ending corporal punishment at the Ministerial Conference on Ending Violence Against Children<\/a><\/h2>                    <\/header>\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/article>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-md-12 masonry-grid isotope-item  30-articles 108-asia-and-the-pacific 116-english 106-global 33-global-progress 29-latest-news\">\n            \n    <article class=\"clearfix blogpost-1 post-25643 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-articles category-asia-and-the-pacific category-english category-global category-global-progress category-news\">\n                \n<div 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class=\"post-info-1\"><span class=\"day\">30<\/span><span class=\"month\">Apr, 2024<\/span><\/div>        <div class=\"blogpost-content\">\n        <header>\n            <h2 class='title'><a href='https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/laopdrputprohibitionintoeffect\/'>Landmark progress for children in the ASEAN region: How Lao PDR prohibited all corporal punishment, and what it is doing to put the law into practice<\/a><\/h2>                    <\/header>\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/article>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-md-12 masonry-grid isotope-item  30-articles 108-asia-and-the-pacific 116-english 106-global 33-global-progress 29-latest-news\">\n            \n    <article class=\"clearfix blogpost-1 post-25512 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-articles category-asia-and-the-pacific category-english category-global category-global-progress category-news\">\n                \n<div class=\"blogpost-body \">\n  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