Below is a submission to the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child made by a wide range of NGOs from across the African continent on the particular issue of protecting children from all forms of corporal and other forms of humiliating punishment. The submission is available in English AND French.
Ending Corporal And Other Forms Of Humiliating Punishment Of Children - French
Below is a submission to the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child made by a wide range of NGOs from across the African continent on the particular issue of protecting children from all forms of corporal and other forms of humiliating punishment. The submission is available in English AND French.
The Committee on the Rights of the Child had decided to devote its Day of General Discussion to the subject "Resources for the Rights of the Child - Responsibility of States", Investments for the Implementation of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights of Children and International Cooperation (CRC article 4). The meeting will take place at the Palais Wilson in Geneva, Switzerland, on Friday, 21 September 2007. The purpose of the Days of General Discussion is to foster a deeper understanding of the contents and implications of the Convention as they relate to specific articles or topics.
