{"id":2884,"date":"2018-01-03T13:05:47","date_gmt":"2018-01-03T13:05:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.endcorporalpunishment.net\/?page_id=2884"},"modified":"2018-06-04T12:12:54","modified_gmt":"2018-06-04T11:12:54","slug":"guidelines-for-assessing-the-legality-of-corporal-punishment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/resources\/resources-on-law-reform\/guidelines-for-assessing-the-legality-of-corporal-punishment\/","title":{"rendered":"Guidelines for assessing the legality of corporal punishment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Guidelines for assessing the legality of corporal punishment<\/h2>\n\t<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n
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Prohibiting all corporal punishment of children: assessing the law (\u201cAssessment guidelines\u201d)<\/p>

Published by<\/h4>

Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children<\/p>

Publication date<\/h4>

February 2014<\/p>

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English, French, Russian, Portuguese<\/p><\/div><\/section><\/div><\/div><\/section><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n

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The Global Initiative maintains a detailed individual report on the legal status of corporal punishment\u00a0in each state and territory worldwide (see\u00a0country reports<\/a>) which enables us to\u00a0map global progress towards universal prohibition. We, together\u00a0with human rights monitoring bodies, have learned that legislation which is claimed as achieving full\u00a0prohibition needs to be rigorously examined to ensure that it does so effectively \u2013 and is interpreted as\u00a0doing so. These guidelines outline the\u00a0Global Initiative\u2019s approach to assessing whether or not legislation prohibits all corporal\u00a0punishment of children. The main issues taken into\u00a0account are:<\/span><\/p>