The complaint, lodged on 31 May 2006, relates to Article 17 (right of children and young persons to social, legal and economic protection of the Revised Social Charter. It is alleged that domestic law does not explicitly nor effectively prohibit all corporal punishment of children.

• Case Document no. 1, Complaint registered at the Secretariat on 31 May 2006
• Case Document no. 2, Observations of European Trade Union Confederation (Etuc) on the Merits
• Case Document no. 3, Observations du Gouvernement portuguais (French version only)

The European Committee of Social Rights declared the complaint admissible on 12 June 2006.

The European Committee of Social Rights concluded unanimously that there was violation of Article 17 and transmitted  its report containing its decision on the merits of the complaint to the Parties and to the  Committee of Ministers on 22 January 2007.

The Committee of Ministers adopted Resolution ResChS(2008)4 on 27 February 2008.
 

 Decision on admissibility of the Complaint 34/2006

 Decision on the merits of the Complaint 34/2006

 Resolution ResChS(2008)4 of the Committee of Ministers on 27 February 2008