A switch, a belt, a shoe, a hand. Paddling, whipping, whupping, spanking. The instruments and language of corporal punishment vary, but what connects them is how often they are employed as ...

Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) has submitted a new audit report to the Ministry of Gender, Community Development and ...

HUMAN RIGHTS. The high court judgment in the case of YG versus the State in 2017 banned corporal punishment in the home, which, in effect, bans it in all places.

AT HOME: Corporal punishment is technically legal in all 50 states. Statutes vary from state to state but generally say that the physical punishment must be reasonable or not excessive, ...

Corporal punishment is still common in American schools. Here's why it should be banned. Incidents like the Florida case in which a school principal paddled a 6-year-old student still happen every ...

The number of students paddled in Florida schools may decrease now that parents are included in a new state law.

Key points. Corporal punishment has long-term negative consequences for children and society. Whereas worldwide virtually every adult has legal protection from assault, only 13% of children do.

Corporal punishment, defined as “any act of physical force upon a pupil for the purpose of punishing that pupil,” has been prohibited in New York’s public schools since 1985.