Children deprived of their liberty from the perspective of the prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 2015, para. 45
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During country visits, the Special Rapporteur regularly observes the practice of corporal punishment as a disciplinary measure for children in detention, including severe caning, flogging, beating with sticks and electric cords, beatings on the buttocks with wooden boards, and being forced to kneel for long periods with hands in the air (A/HRC/25/60/Add.1, paras. 64-65 and A/HRC/22/53/Add.2, para. 56). Some States still allow the use of corporal punishment as a criminal sentence for children. With regard to the jurisprudence of United Nations treaty bodies and the European Court, the mandate holder has found that any form of corporal punishment is contrary to the prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment (see A/60/316 and A/67/279). He also noted that States cannot invoke provisions of domestic law to justify violations of the prohibition of corporal punishment.
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