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Report calls for prohibition in Scotland
Date: December 2015A systematic review of research literature on physical punishment, jointly commissioned by Barnardo’s Scotland, Children 1st, the Children and Young People’s Commissioner Scotland and NSPCC Scotland was published in November
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Corporal punishment to be banned in madrassas
Date: December 2015On November 27 the Government published plans to prohibit corporal punishment in all part-time educational settings, including madrassas (see: consultation). The proposals also aim to prevent children being “radicalised” in madrassas...
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Ireland bans smacking
Date: November 2015On November 11 the Republic of Ireland joins the 46 countries (and 19 of the 28 EU countries) that have banned smacking. The Government’s amendment to its Children First Bill abolishes the defence of “reasonable chastisement.” It is possible to watch live at...
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Physical punishment in madrassas
Date: November 2015A loophole in the law means physical punishment in part-time education institutions is currently lawful. In its current report to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, the UK Government accepted this was the position. The Government report notes that although...
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Statements for organisations to sign on Parenting and Domestic Violence
Date: January 2013Children Are Unbeatable! is seeking support from organisations working in parent-education and domestic violence, who are asked to sign statements describing the adverse effect that the current legal defence of “reasonable punishment” (section 58 of the Children Act 2004) . . . Read more