SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2011, para. 16
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- Around the globe, law reform for children's protection from violence is gaining momentum. When the United Nations study was finalized, only 16 countries had legislation prohibiting violence in all settings, including corporal punishment in the home. Currently, 29 countries have introduced such a comprehensive legal ban. In all regions, legislative reform initiatives are under way to achieve full prohibition, and in several other countries, new legislation is under review to prohibit violence in specific settings. In some cases, a monitoring system has been developed to advance implementation. In countries where harmful practices persist behind deeply entrenched traditions, the legislative process has provided opportunities to involve community and religious leaders, parliamentarians, professional associations, academic institutions and grass-roots organizations, and to engage communities concerned to promote change from within and consolidate prevention efforts.
- Status juridique
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Organe
- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Type de document
- SRSG report
- Mode d'adoption
- N.A.
- Thèmes
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Harmful Practices
- Violence
- Personnes concernées
- Children
- Année
- 2011
- Type de paragraphe
- Other
- Paragraph number
- 16
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