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Author: Human Rights Watch

Title: "I Don't Want my Child to be Beaten": Corporal Punishment in Lebanon's Schools

Summary: Lebanon's Education Ministry has banned corporal punishment in schools since the 1970s, and the penal code allows no defense for the crime of assault by school staff against students. Yet because of a lack of accountability, the ban on violent discipline is often disregarded. Based on the cases of 51 children, and interviews with NGO staff, teachers, and government officials, "I Don’t Want My Child to Be Beaten": Corporal Punishment in Lebanon's Schools finds that students at both public and private schools suffer humiliating insults, hair-pulling, and beatings with rulers and other objects. Parents said that their complaints about violent abuse were rebuffed or that they received little or no information as to how they were handled. Syrian refugee children may be particularly vulnerable to abuse and afraid to complain, as the majority lack legal residency in Lebanon. The report urges the Education Ministry, which launched a comprehensive child protection policy in 2018, to take concrete steps to enforce the ban on corporal punishment and ensure all teachers are trained in positive discipline.

Details: New York: Human Rights Watch, 2019. 70p.

Source: Internet Resource: Accessed June 4, 2019 at: https://www.hrw.org/report/2019/05/13/i-dont-want-my-child-be-beaten/corporal-punishment-lebanons-schools

Year: 2019

Country: Lebanon

URL: https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/report_pdf/lebanon0519_web2.pdf

Shelf Number: 156161

Keywords:
Child Maltreatment
Children and Violence
Corporal Punishment
School Discipline
Violence Against Children
Violence in Schools