{"id":14462,"date":"2019-08-02T13:09:38","date_gmt":"2019-08-02T12:09:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/?page_id=14462"},"modified":"2021-06-15T13:44:22","modified_gmt":"2021-06-15T12:44:22","slug":"middle-east","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/middle-east\/","title":{"rendered":"Middle East"},"content":{"rendered":"\n            <div class=\"separator- glacier-section\"  id=\"section-69d78405ceec4\">\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 the Middle East<\/h2>\n\t<\/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=\"text-block shortcode-container\" >\n\t<p>&nbsp;<\/p><p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/div><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\/2019\/04\/global-map-key-web-495x240.png\" alt=\"global-map-key-web\" width=\"495\" height=\"240\" 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>\n\n<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-sm-8\" 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\/\/Region-MiddleEast-2020.02-576x384.png\" alt=\"Region-MiddleEast-2020\" width=\"576\" height=\"384\" 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\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;\">Reports on every state<\/h1>\n\t<\/div><div class=\"text-block shortcode-container\" >\n\t<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/reports-on-every-state-and-territory\/bahrain\/\">Bahrain<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/reports-on-every-state-and-territory\/israel\/\">Israel<\/a> (achieved prohibition in 2000),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/reports-on-every-state-and-territory\/jordan\/\">Jordan<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/reports-on-every-state-and-territory\/kuwait\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kuwait<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/reports-on-every-state-and-territory\/lebanon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lebanon<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/reports-on-every-state-and-territory\/qatar\/\">Qatar<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/reports-on-every-state-and-territory\/state-of-palestine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">State of Palestine<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/reports-on-every-state-and-territory\/united-arab-emirates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">United Arab Emirates<\/a><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/reports-on-every-state-and-territory\/\">Browse all country reports worldwide<\/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=\"http:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/legality-tables\/Middle-East-and-North-Africa-progress-table-commitment.pdf\" target=\"_self\" style=\"border-radius: 100px;\" class=\"btn btn-default btn-sm \">\n    Middle East and North Africa (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 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:\/\/features.hrw.org\/features\/features\/corporal-punishment-of-children\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" 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