On the 25th September 2011, Save the Children country office focal points and core partners working on child protection joined together in Nepal and built ways forward to jointly address corporal punishment in Asia.
Legal instruments and human rights monitoring bodies reports.
- The article 19 of the UN CRC commands states to take all leglislative, administrative, social and educational measures to eliminate all forms of violence against children, including corporal punishment and other cruel or degrading forms of punishment.
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- The General Comment No 13, "Article 19: the right of the child to freedom from all forms of violence", by the Committee on the Rights of the Child provides a complete analysis of the article 19.
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- The UN Study on Violence against children is global and gives a compehensive list of recommendations to address the widespread violence against children, including the prohibition of all forms of violence against children.
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- The NGO Advisory Council released, in 2011, the report "Five Years On", a global update on violence against children, 5 years after the release of the UN study, shows that it is as urgent today to take all appropriate measures to eliminate violence agianst children than it was when the UN Study was released.
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SAIEVAC and SC commitments towards prohibiting and eliminiating corporal punishment.
- SAIEVAC strategic workplan 2010-2015 is a comprehensive plan that includes pursuing the prohibition and elmimination of all corporal punishment of children in all 8 SAARC Member States.
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- Representatives from government and civil society from the 8 SAARC Member States developed national action plans to prohibit corporal punishment in all settings, during the 1st Technical Meeting of the SAIEVAC on "Legal Reform and Corporal Punishment", in November 2010. They are documented in this report.
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- The concept of the SAIEVAC regional campaign against corporal punishment has also been endorsed by the SAIEVAC Governing Board Members, during the 2nd governinb board meeting, held in Nepal on the 29-30 september 2011, with the launch of the regional campaign planned in 2012, under the auspices of government of Maldives.
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Documents presented and commented during the workshop.
- The report "Prohibition of corporal punishment of children in South Asia: a progress report", jointly developed by SCS, the Global Initiative and the Secretariat of the South Asia Initiative to End Violence Against Children (SAIEVAC) is a milestone document! It provides an in-depth analysis of the status of corporal punishment in the legilisation of each south asia country, identifying gaps and opporunities for legal reform.
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- The report has been endorsed by the SAIEVAC Governing Board Members which includes government representative from all SAARC Member States.
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Recent publications disseminated during the workshop.
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The UNICEF report on Child Disciplinary Practices at Home addresses the need for a national research agenda on violence. It describes violent disciplinary practices, including physical punishment and psychological aggression.
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