The right of the child to protection from corporal punishment and other cruel and degrading forms of punishment General Comment No 8
Recorded in July 2016
Contributors
Author: United Nations, Committee on the Rights of the Child
Publisher: UN High Comission for Human Rights
Date: 2006
Geographic Coverage: International
Type of Resource: Law (International, Regional and/or Domestic)
Sector/setting: Other
Vulnerable groups: Other
Developed with children and young people? Not Specified
Type of participation: Unknown
Availability: Open Access
Keywords: Article 12, Teaching, Caring, Child, Convention, Human Right, Object of Concern, Parents, Participation, Possession, Respect children, Styles of Parenting
Introduction
The Convention on the Rights of the Child and other international human rights instruments recognize the right of the child to respect for the child’s human dignity and physical integrity and equal protection under the law. The Committee is issuing this general comment to highlight the obligation of all States parties to move quickly to prohibit and eliminate all corporal punishment and all other cruel or degrading forms of punishment of children and to outline the legislative and other awareness-raising and educational measures that States must take.