UN Sets 2009 Target for Universal Prohibition of Corporal Punishment

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Summary: The Report of the United Nations Secretary General’s Study on Violence against Children, to be presented to the UN General Assembly on October 11, recommends prohibition of all forms of violence including all corporal punishment – and sets 2009 as the deadline.pdf: http://www.crin.org/docs/GI_briefing.pdf

Country: 
Algeria
Issues: 
Physical punishment
Psychological punishment
Violence: 
Physical punishment
Psychological punishment
Attachment Link: 
http://www.crin.org/docs/GI_briefing.pdf
Tags: 
Reporting to and monitoring the CRC

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