Description: This briefing, prepared for the 59th session of the Commission on the Status of Women, held in March 2015, considers prohibition of corporal punishment in the context of domestic violence / family protection laws. It sets out the reasons why excluding prohibition of corporal punishment from laws on domestic violence and family protection represents a failure to properly address the issue and to fulfil obligations under international human rights law – and why this can only undermine the promotion of violence-free homes. It also looks at the research in the short and long term linking corporal punishment of children with violence in intimate relationships between adults.
Available in English.