HOME
THE PROGRAMME
Brief description
Co-ordination
Events
CHILDREN'S RIGHTS
Key legal texts
Monitoring
Activities
National coordinators
DECS ENF
Children in care

 		 Children's participation
Child Friendly Justice

 		 Case-law: European Court of Human Rights
CHILDREN AND VIOLENCE
Action Programme

 		 CoE Guidelines against violence
Corporal Punishment
Violence in schools
Sexual Violence
Policy reviews
DOCUMENTS AND SPEECHES
Publications
Speeches
MULTIMEDIA
Videos and social media
THE TEAM


Is smacking a child an acceptable form of punishment? The answer is no.

However, the vast majority of children in Europe have experienced some form of corporal punishment. Protecting children against corporal punishment describes how to raise awareness on this issue through campaigns and how child abuse can be prevented.
 

Case studies of successful campaigns in the United Kingdom, the United States and Poland are presented in detail.

This publication should be of particular interest to specialists who work in the child protection field, teachers, parents and health-care professionals.

To order: Council of Europe Publishing


Produced jointly by the integrated project "Response to violence in everyday life in a democratic society" and the Directorate General of Social Cohesion