General Comment No. 8: Protection from corporal punishment and other cruel or degrading treatment

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Following its two General Discussion Days on violence against children, held in 2000 and 2001, the Committee on the Rights of the Child resolved to issue a series of General
Comments concerning eliminating violence against children, of which this is the first. The Committee aims to guide States parties in understanding the provisions of the Convention concerning the protection of children against all forms of violence. This General Comment focuses on corporal punishment and other cruel or degrading forms of  punishment, which are currently very widely accepted and practiced forms of violence against children.

 

pdf: http://www.crin.org/docs/CRC_GC8.pdf

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