Further noting that psychological research states that corporal punishment may cause negative effects in people who are caned, with psychological effects being more severe on children,
Seeking to regulate or minimise the unneeded suffering caused by corporal punishment,
Hereby for the purposes of this resolution defines
- “Corporal punishment” shall define the administration of physical pain or discomfort as a punishment,
——- Also noting that it may be refered to “Hitting”, “Caning”, “Spanking”, or other terms hereby clarifies that if legislating in
- home environments, the term “spanking” shall be used.[/tab]
- judicial environments or other environments, the term “corporal punishment” shall be used.
- Also noting that it may be refered to “Hitting”, “Caning”, “Spanking”, or other terms hereby clarifies that if legislating in
- Corporal device as a device for or set of pieces assembled with the purpose of administration of corporal punishment.
— - “Administration” as the act of conducting the task of corporal punishment on any living being.
- ”Child”, “Children”, or “Minor”, as a human not considered an adult,
CHAPTER 1. GENERAL
- Mandates the regulation of Corporal Punishment or Spanking in all Lands of WA Members by respective governments.
- Clarifies that self-defense by methods of hitting or other physical means involving physical pain will stay legal in this WA resolution and not regulated etc. by all provisions of this Resolution.
- This resolution shall apply to all embassies and territories of all WA member nations.
- Hereby establishes the WA-CPPREA (World Assembly Corporal Punishment Prohibition Resolution Enforcement Agency) which shall be allowed to establish a seperate unit in the police forces of a WA nation upon approval by said member nation and decision of the WA-CPPREA which shall handle judicial corporal punishment cases, and may be free to investigate any case of corporal punishment BUT ONLY WITH THE PERMISSION FROM THE PRESIDENT OF SAID MEMBER NATION.
- URGES that member states create a special agency to monitor caning in home environments, keeping surveillance ONLY to a minimum and only doing such surveillance with consent of the kid and parent so as to respect privacy of parents,
- MANDATING that caning of over 11 strokes shall require medical attention for the child caned.
- Spanking in home environments shall be controlled by a special agency which may be created by any member state shall it’s government desire to do so.
CHAPTER 2. CANING METHODS - The number of strokes in corporal punishment in a home environment shall be limited based on the material used.
- Usage of metal shall be limited to 3 strokes. Medical attention is mandatory regardless of the number of strokes.
- Usage of wood shall be limited to 5 strokes. Medical attention is mandatory if above 4 strokes.
- Usage of plastic shall be limited to 8 strokes. Medical attention is mandatory if above 5 strokes.
- Usage of hand shall be limited to 27 strokes and medical assistance mandatory if above 11 strokes.
- Light or moderate force is only authorized with heavy force being unauthorised.
- All caning shall be monitored by at least two WA-CPPREA monitoring officers.
- The caning device must be modified
- to cause minimal or moderate pain with at least two layers of fluffy material or any other material capable of absorbing the force of such corporal punishment.
- To avoid scars from being created from such corporal punishment.
- to cause minimal or moderate pain with at least two layers of fluffy material or any other material capable of absorbing the force of such corporal punishment.
- Caning shall be unauthorised on the following groups:
- children under 4,
- anyone suffering from neurological/psychological diseases or has been cleared of such diseases within one year of such caning (e.g someone who was cured of said disease on October 1 2018 can be caned on October 2, 2019),
- women, or those who fall under the “female” gender.
- Such acts of caning shall not be done to the extent that it could directly cause psychological or physical harm, in such cases psychologists and the child’s doctor shall be sent to the scene, and declared high-priority whenever using public transport.
- In family homes and schools, there shall be at least one caning room where all caning shall be conducted and no one shall be allowed to watch so as to avoid caning of the child.
- Public caning shall be prohibited in all areas of WA member nations, regardless of age to avoid shaming on social media sites.
- No caning shall be allowed on
- sensitive parts of the body,
- chest,
- back,
- buttocks,
- and knees and legs.
- Before any caning may occur, the child shall be informed of the reason why said child is being caned.
- The speed of the cane (i.e how fast the cane will strike the victim) shall be limited to:
- 30kmph (18.6mph) during home caning,
- 80kmph (49.7mph) during judicial caning,
- and 55kmph (34.1mph) during school caning.
- In a family home, STRICTLY NO Video footage shall be taken and kept in the archives, but other statistics such as the number of times a child is caned and for research purposes concerning statistics may be kept only with consent of the kid, and parent/s.
- Footage may be uploaded to social media upon a two-thirds “Allowed” vote cast by the child caned, the child’s biological parents (or all alive contactable relatives of said child within two generations otherwise), friends, and the CEO of the social media site the video will be uploaded to. WA-CPPREA may override the decision and block the release, but cannot override the voting to yes.
- In the case of social media release approval, the post shall only be readable by friends and the CEO of the social media site MUST implement technological measures to prevent friends from sharing the video as the sharing may get out of control and eventually reach strangers.
- Judicial caning shall only be done by authorized caning staff.
CHAPTER 5. SCHOOL ENVIRONMENTS - School caning shall only be done by a principal or teacher.
CHAPTER 6. DUTIES OF WA-CPPREA
CHAPTER 7. PUNISHMENTS
CHAPTER 8. MEDIA - Journalists may only report on judicial caning.
- In the case of a journalist reporting such judicial caning, the accused’s name may be revealed with said accused person consenting.
- No permission shall be required for journalists to report on judicial caning cases
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