Corporal Punishment Bans Around the World

In the following 63 countries, children are protected by law from all corporal punishment:

• 
  Sweden
  (1979)
• 
  Finland
  (1983)
• 
  Norway
  (1987)
• 
  Austria
  (1989)
• 
  Cyprus
  (1994)
• 
  Denmark
  (1997)
• 
  Latvia
  (1998)
• 
  Croatia
  (1999)
• 
  Bulgaria
  (2000)
• 
  Germany
  (2000)
• 
  Israel
  (2000)
• 
  Turkmenistan
  (2002)
• 
  Iceland
  (2003)
• 
  Romania
  (2004)
• 
  Ukraine
  (2004)
• 
  Hungary
  (2005)
• 
  Greece
  (2006)
• 
  Netherlands
  (2007)
• 
  New Zealand
  (2007)
• 
  Portugal
  (2007)
• 
  Spain
  (2007)
• 
  Togo
  (2007)
• 
  Uruguay
  (2007)
• 
  Venezuela
  (2007)
• 
  Costa Rica
  (2008)
• 
  Liechtenstein
  (2008)
• 
  Luxembourg
  (2008)
• 
  Moldova
  (2008)
• 
  Albania
  (2010)
• 
  Congo
  (2010)
• 
  Kenya
  (2010)
• 
  Poland
  (2010)
• 
  Tunisia
  (2010)
• 
  South Sudan
  (2011)
• 
  Cabo Verde
  (2013)
• 
  Honduras
  (2013)
• 
  North Macedonia
  (2013)
• 
  Andorra
  (2014)
• 
  Argentina
  (2014)
• 
  Bolivia
  (2014)
• 
  Brazil
  (2014)
• 
  Estonia
  (2014)
• 
  Malta
  (2014)
• 
  Nicaragua
  (2014)
• 
  San Marino
  (2014)
• 
  Benin
  (2015)
• 
  Ireland
  (2015)
• 
  Peru
  (2015)
• 
  Mongolia
  (2016)
• 
  Montenegro
  (2016)
• 
  Paraguay
  (2016)
• 
  Slovenia
  (2016)
• 
  Lithuania
  (2017)
• 
  Nepal
  (2018)
• 
  France
  (2019)
• 
  Georgia
  (2019)
• 
  Kosovo
  (2019)
• 
  South Africa
  (2019)
• 
  Guinea
  (2020)
• 
  Japan
  (2020)
• 
  Seychelles
  (2020)
• 
  Colombia
  (2021)
• 
  South Korea
  (2021)

Source: Global Initiative to End Corporal Punishment of Children

See also: Twenty-Two Alternatives to Punishment

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