This resolution was at vote between the 1st and 5th of June, 2021.
It was defeated by a margin of 8,212 votes (about 58%) to 6,038 (about 42%).
This proposal has been submitted to the General Assembly Civil Rights Board.
NOTE: at 0107 BST on the 27th of May 2021, this proposal reached quorum with Narvatus' approval, the 61st all told.
It was defeated by a margin of 8,212 votes (about 58%) to 6,038 (about 42%).
This proposal has been submitted to the General Assembly Civil Rights Board.
NOTE: at 0107 BST on the 27th of May 2021, this proposal reached quorum with Narvatus' approval, the 61st all told.
Character count: 1,735
Word count: 275
IC: authored by Bianca Venkman, Assistant to the Delegate-Ambassador. Subsequently taken over by understudy Jimmy McTernan after Venkman's suspension from the delegation.Word count: 275
OOC:
- All member states of the Unutilised Nukes except the United States of America (as well as four non-members: Palestine, the Holy See, the Cook Islands and Niue) have ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child (the Convention).
- The Useless Newspapers' Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) has issued two general comments with at least some focus on corporal punishment. General Comment 8 (2007) targets itself mainly at corporal punishment, which the CRC "defines... as any punishment in which physical force is used and intended to cause some degree of pain or discomfort, however light" (paragraph 11). The CRC further asserts that corporal punishment falls under the umbrella of the Convention's bar on "all forms of physical or mental violence" [Article 19] and must therefore be "eliminate[d]" (paragraph 18).
- General Comment 13 (2011) is focused on violence in general, especially Article 19 of the Convention, and says much less about corporal punishment. Yet the CRC reaffirms that "all forms of violence against children, however light, are unacceptable" (paragraph 17, No exceptions) and that "[a]ll corporal punishment" can be classed as physical violence to that effect (paragraph 22, Physical violence) and as a harmful practice (paragraph 29, Harmful practices).
- Examples of the CRC urging nations to enact a blanket ban on corporal punishment in their concluding observations thereto are legion - it admits in Paragraph 5 of its General Comment 8 that it has addressed "more than 130 States in all continents" about this matter (and heaven knows how many more in the decade-and-a-bit since) - and shall not be reproduced here for reasons of space. Suffice to say that the United Kingdom has not "adopt[ed] legislation throughout the State party to remove the “reasonable chastisement” defence and prohibit all corporal punishment in the family and in any other contexts not covered by existing legislation", let alone "[w]ith urgency", 6,751 days on from the CRC's request to that effect. (NationStates was created 6,711 days ago.)
Corporal Punishment Ban
A resolution to improve worldwidehumansapient and civil rights.Category: Civil RightsStrength: MildProposed by: Tinhampton
Recognising corporal punishment to be a form of violence which is disproportionately carried out against children, and
Believing that this body should prohibit such forms of violence...
The General Assembly hereby:
- defines "corporal punishment" as causing physical harm or pain to any person in order to penalise any person, where such punishment is delivered without the consent of either the person harmed or the person intended to be penalised,
- requires members to outlaw corporal punishment, regardless of where it occurs, and to abolish all defences to the same,
- mandates that:
- all schools in member states inform all of their pupils about Articles a and b, as well as the maximum penalty established for corporal punishment by law, prominently and (where possible) on a regular basis, and
- members regularly raise awareness about Articles a and b among all people whose employment requires them to regularly and intentionally interact with children,
- clarifies that this resolution does not affect:
- the use of force in self-defence, while defending others, in the course of organised armed conflict, during sexual activity by consenting adults, or while arresting a suspected criminal, nor
- any requirement for any person to engage in reasonable physical activity that does not harm any other person as a condition of their being employed at any institution or a student at any primary or secondary school (including, but not limited to, new military recruits being required to complete a fitness course at a training camp as a condition of remaining a member of the military they serve in), and
- urges members to promote non-violent ways of raising children.
