The complaint was registered on 4 February 2013. The complainant organisation alleges that the lack of explicit prohibition of corporal punishment in the family, in all forms of alternative care and in schools violates Article 17 (the right of mothers and children to social and economic protection) of the European Social Charter of 1961. In addition APPROACH claims that the Czech Republic has not acted with due diligence to eliminate such violent punishment of children in practice.

• Case Document no. 1, Complaint registered on 4 February 2013
• Case Document no. 2, Observations from the Government on the admissibility
• Case Document no. 3, Submissoins in response e from APPROACH to the observations of the Government on the admissibility
• Case Document no. 4, Submissions from the Government on the merits
• Case Document no. 5, Response by APPROACH to the Government’s submissions on the merits
• Case Document no. 6, Further response of the Government

The European Committee of Social Rights declared the complaint admissible on 2 July 2013.

The European Committee of Social Rights concluded that there was a violation of Article 17 of the 1961 Charter and transmitted its report containing its decision on the merits of the complaint to the Parties and to the Committee of Ministers on 28 January 2015.

The Committee of Ministers adopted Resolution Res/CM ChS (2015)11 on 17 June 2015.

 Decision on admissibility of the Complaint 96/2013

 Decision on the merits of the Complaint 96/2013

 Resolution ResChS(2015)11 of the Committee of Ministers on 17 June 2015

 Findings of the European Committee of Social Rights on the follow-up of the Complaint