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Author: Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children

Title: Prohibiting Corporal Punishment of Children in West Africa: Progress Report 2012

Summary: There are some of the alarming statistics in a new regional report published by the Global Initiative in collaboration with Save the Children and Plan International. But the report – Prohibiting corporal punishment of children in West Africa: progress report 2012 – also documents active campaigns at national and regional West Africa Report covers levels, growing faith based support for prohibition, and significant and immediate opportunities for law reform to prohibit corporal punishment across the region. Intended as a tool to provoke and support advocacy to prohibit and eliminate corporal punishment, the report provides information on the human rights imperative for law reform and the work of the treaty monitoring bodies in relation to West African states, details of ratification of human rights instruments and acceptance of relevant communications and complaints mechanisms in the region, a state-by-state analysis of the legality of corporal punishment in the home, schools, penal system and care settings, and individual country reports for every West African state.

Details: London: Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children, 2012. 21p.

Source: Internet Resource: Accessed October 22, 2012 at http://www.endcorporalpunishment.org/pages/pdfs/reports/West%20Africa%20Report%202012%20EN.pdf

Year: 2012

Country: Africa

URL: http://www.endcorporalpunishment.org/pages/pdfs/reports/West%20Africa%20Report%202012%20EN.pdf

Shelf Number: 126782

Keywords:
Corporal Punishment (West Africa)
Crime Prevention (West Africa)
Criminal Justice Reform (West Africa)
Juvenile Victims (West Africa)