UPR recommendations 2017, paragraph 134.193
Plain English recommendation
Government should: Ban physical punishment in the family in all devolved administrations and overseas territories. Remove all legal defences such as ‘reasonable chastisement’.
Original UN recommendation
In all devolved administrations, overseas territories and Crown dependencies, prohibit all corporal punishment in the family, including through the repeal of all legal defences, such as “reasonable chastisement” (Liechtenstein).
Date of UN examination
04/05/2017
Original UN document
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Last updated on 09/12/2020