RECOMMENDATION
The State should abolish flogging. It should explicitly prohibit corporal punishment in all setting.
| Recommendation No: | ICCPR-16 |
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| Recommendation Year: | 2012 |
| Recommendation Text: | The State should abolish flogging. It should explicitly prohibit corporal punishment in all setting. |
| Convention/Treaty Body: | International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights |
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Related Human Rights Articles
ICCPR Article 7 - The right to be free from inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
Stakeholders
Attorney General's Office (AGO)
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Ministry of Gender, Family & Social Services (MoGFSS)
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Ministry of Education (MoE)
Relevant Articles of the Constitution
54 - No person shall be subjected to cruel, inhumane or degrading treatment or punishment, or to torture.
Relevant Legislation Articles
No Relevant Legislation Articles
Relevant Regulations & Policies
No Relevant Regulations & Policies
Relevant Articles of other Human Rights Conventions
CRPD Article 15 - Freedom from torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
CAT Article 16 - CAT Article 16
1. Each State Party shall undertake to prevent in any territory under its jurisdiction other acts of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment which do not amount to torture as defined in article I, when such acts are committed by or at the instigation of or with the consent or acquiescence of a public official or other person acting in an official capacity. In particular, the obligations contained in articles 10, 11, 12 and 13 shall apply with the substitution for references to torture of references to other forms of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
2. The provisions of this Convention are without prejudice to the provisions of any other international instrument or national law which prohibits cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment or which relates to extradition or expulsion.
Related Recommendations of other Treaty Bodies
CRC-69(d) - CRC
Related SDGs
No Related SDGs
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