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BiH Ombudspersons - UNICEF: Prohibit corporal punishment of children

FENA Vernera Jakupović

SARAJEVO, December 9 (FENA) - The Ombudspersons of Bosnia and Herzegovina are appealing against the physical punishment of children in any situation and environment, including the family. They expect the legislation to ban the phenomenon.

Whether it is a disciplinary measure or not, the corporal punishment of a child is unacceptable, the Ombudspersons said, and pledged to create the best possible conditions for raising children without violent methods.

At a press conference, they called on social workers, citizens and other entities to report the physical punishment of children, while UNICEF also said that all countries should legally ban this form of violence.

These recommendations were made by the Ombudspersons in Bosnia and Herzegovina in a special report on the prohibition of corporal punishment of children, prepared with the support of UNICEF, which they presented at today's press conference held at the UN Office in Sarajevo. They referred to the Convention on the Rights of the Child as the basis, the "children's constitution", as the chairman of the Ombudsman Institution in BiH, Ljubinko Mitrović, said.

“The Special Report gives the Ombudspersons the opportunity to contribute in the field of protection of the rights of the child, in accordance with their mandate and competences, in order to give the executive and legislative authorities serious consideration for the introduction of an explicit ban on the physical punishment of the child, because in the light of international documents, Bosnia and Herzegovina is obliged to do everything is necessary in order to completely ban the physical punishment of a child in all situations, including the family,” the Institution of Human Rights Ombudsman of Bosnia and Herzegovina stated.

UNICEF representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina Rownak Khan recalled that this year we mark the 30th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and stressed that Article 19 of the Convention protects children from all forms of violence, including corporal punishment. Unfortunately, she added, a degree of corporal punishment of the child as a disciplinary measure is acceptable in many countries.

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