The complaint was registered on 4 February 2013. The complainant organisation alleges that many children in Italy are still suffering corporal punishment, and violent punishment of children is still culturally and socially accepted. APPROACH complains of the failure of Italy to adopt the necessary legislation and its lack of diligence to eliminate violent punishment of children in practice in violation of Article 17 (the right of children and young persons to social, legal and economic protection) of the European Social Charter.

• 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, Submissions of the Government on the merits
• Case Document no.4, Response by APPROACH to the Government’s submissions on the merits
• Case Document no. 5, 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 is no violation of Article 17§1 of the Charter and transmitted its report containing its decision on the merits of the complaint to the Parties and to the Committee of Ministers on 26 January 2015.

The Committee of Ministers adopted Resolution Res/CM ChS (2015)7 on 15 April 2015.

 Decision on admissibility of the Complaint 89/2013

 Decision on the merits of the Complaint 89/2013

 Resolution ResChS(2015)7 of the Committee of Ministers on 15 April 2015