Discipline

FRANCE : Le Conseil constitutionnel censure l'interdiction des violences corporelles

Louise — Wed, 01 Feb 2017 11:00:53 +0000

Le 26 janvier 2017, le Conseil constitutionnel français a censuré plusieurs dispositions de la loi Égalité et Citoyenneté adoptée en décembre dernier, dont l'article 222 qui interdisait le recours aux "violences corporelles" contre les enfants.

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CORPORAL PUNISHMENT: Ending legalised violence against children - Global progress to December 2016

Victor — Thu, 19 Jan 2017 12:28:13 +0000

The annual global report of the Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children, celebrating progress towards universal prohibition of corporal punishment.

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FRANCE : portée incertaine de l'interdiction des châtiments corporels

Louise — Tue, 10 Jan 2017 14:03:50 +0000

En adoptant la loi Égalité et Citoyenneté le 22 décembre dernier, les parlementaires français ont interdit toute violence physique contre les enfants. Mais la portée de cette interdiction reste incertaine.

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FRANCE: Results of corporal punishment 'ban' not certain

Victor — Thu, 05 Jan 2017 13:23:53 +0000

Lawmakers in France have banned physical violence against children, with the passing of the Equality and Citizenship bill, but it may not be the victory it seems.

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SOUTH AFRICA: Human Rights Commission urges ban on corporal punishment

Victor — Fri, 22 Jan 2016 18:11:31 +0000

A total ban on corporal punishment may be enacted in South Africa after the country’s Human Rights Commission recommended the measure to the cabinet earlier this week.

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UNITED KINGDOM: Staff fired after claims of mistreatment at G4S-run young offender unit

Victor — Thu, 14 Jan 2016 12:59:17 +0000

Four staff have been sacked following allegations of mistreatment of children at a young offender institution.

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CORPORAL PUNISHMENT: Global progress towards prohibition up to December 2015

Victor — Mon, 04 Jan 2016 16:16:39 +0000

A milestone in progress towards universal prohibition of corporal punishment of children was witnessed in 2015 with more than half of UN member states achieving prohibition in all settings or committing to doing so.

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EUROPE: Tackling violence against children

Victor — Mon, 19 Oct 2015 12:05:45 +0000

A report from Augeo Foundation and the Dutch Children's Ombudsman on tackling violence against children in Europe, to coincide with the European Network of Ombudspersons for Children's 2015 theme of Violence against Children.

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EUROPE: Progress on corporal punishment of children after collective complaints

Victor — Mon, 28 Sep 2015 10:03:06 +0000

By issuing seven separate collective complaints to the European Committee of Social Rights, APPROACH, an organisation seeking a global ban on the corporal punishment of children, has prompted the governments of several European countries to enact new legislation or publicly debate the issue.

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Commonwealth v. Jean G. Dorvil

Denitsa — Mon, 14 Sep 2015 13:56:29 +0000

Case concerning corporal punishment of children in the state of Massachusetts in the United States.

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SENEGAL: First steps taken to eradicate forced child begging in Quranic schools

Victor — Fri, 07 Aug 2015 10:56:36 +0000

A committee of African human rights experts agreed that Senegal must work to stop children in Quranic schools being forced to beg for food and money after two postgraduate students compiled a complaint on behalf of the exploited children.

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UNITED STATES: Massachusetts' highest court defends corporal punishment as 'part of social fabric'

Victor — Tue, 14 Jul 2015 16:05:33 +0000

The justicies said it's permissible to punish a child by spanking so long as "reasonable" force is used and the child is not harmed in a lasting way. Conversely, they also emphasised the child should be protected from abuse.

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CHÂTIMENTS CORPORELS : Bulletin Afrique n°19

Louise — Tue, 07 Jul 2015 12:24:30 +0000

Le nouveau bulletin consacré à l'Afrique de l'initiative globale pour mettre fin aux châtiments corporels sur les enfants revient sur les récents développements, les campagnes en cours et l'actualité des droits de l'homme.

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CANADA : La Commission Vérité et Réconciliation qualifie de "génocide culturel" la scolarisation forcée des enfants aborigènes

Louise — Mon, 15 Jun 2015 10:20:58 +0000

Les Canadiens ont pris conscience du désastre causé par la scolarisation forcée de dizaines de milliers d’Amérindiens et d’Inuits de 1870 à 1970.

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CANADA: Forced schooling of aboriginal children was ‘cultural genocide,’ truth commission finds

Victor — Tue, 09 Jun 2015 11:04:16 +0000

The findings are part of a report documenting widespread physical, cultural and sexual abuse at government-sponsored residential schools run mostly by churches that Indian, Inuit and other indigenous children were forced to attend.

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