40 countries make first-ever joint statement on corporal punishment to Human Rights Council, but Canada was not one of them
The below statement is from End Corporal Punishment: On 12 March 2025 40 countries made a first-ever joint statement to the Human Rights Council addressing children’s fundamental right to protection from all corporal punishment. The statement led by the Governments of Costa Rica and Kenya notes the wide-ranging harmful impacts of corporal punishment of children, and its ongoing high prevalence …