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Corporal Punishment Bans Around the World
 

In the following 33 countries, children are protected by law
from all corporal punishment (most recent first):
 

2011
  • South Sudan

2010

  • Albania
  • Republic of Congo
  • Kenya
  • Tunisia
  • Poland

 
2008
  • Liechtenstein
  • Luxembourg
  • Republic of Moldova
  • Costa Rica

 
2007
  • Togo
  • Spain
  • Venezuela
  • Uruguay
  • Portugal
  • New Zealand
  • Netherlands

 
2006
  • Greece

 
2005
  • Hungary

 
2004
  • Romania
  • Ukraine
2003
  • Iceland
2000
  • Germany
  • Israel
  • Bulgaria

 
1999
  • Croatia

 
1998
  • Latvia

 
1997
  • Denmark

 
1994
  • Cyprus

 
1989
  • Austria

 
1987
  • Norway

 
1983
  • Finland

 
1979
  • Sweden

Source: Global Initiative to End Corporal Punishment of Children

 
See also: Twenty-Two Alternatives to Punishment
 
 
 
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