The complaint was registered on 4 February 2013. The complainant organisation alleges that Cyprus does not comply with its obligations under Article 17 (the right of children and young persons to social, legal and economic protection) of the European Social Charter because of the lack of explicit prohibition of all corporal punishment of children, in the family, schools and other settings, and because Cyprus has failed to act with due diligence to eliminate such punishment 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, Response from APPROACH to the observations of the Government on the admissibility
• Case Document no. 4, Submissions of the Government on the merits
• Case Document no. 5, Response by APPROACH to the Submissions of the Government on the merits

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

The European Committee of Social Rights decided to strike out the case from the list of complaints on 12 May 2014.

 Decision on admissibility of the Complaint 97/2013

 Decision to strike out the Complaint 97/2013