Repeal Art.4 1(c) #EndCorporalPunishment NI Executive NI Commissioner for Children and Young People Children's Law Centre (CLC) Equality Commission Independent Autism Reviewer NI Northern Ireland Assembly Committee for Education Education NI Paul Givan Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission Northern Ireland Public Services Ombudsman (NIPSO) Secondary Students’ Union NI NSPCC NI Pat Sheehan Nick Mathison Cara Hunter MLA 🕊 Danny Baker MLA Peter Martin Michelle Guy

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🚫The time to #endcorporalpunishment is now!✋ Corporal punishment is associated with numerous detrimental health outcomes and at-risk behaviours across the lifespan. 💔 ☹️affects +1.6 billion children each year ☹️causes injury & death of 1,000s ☹️is still lawful in 131 countries

No degree of violence is ever acceptable in a child's life. They deserve equal protection from adults to assault - the Children's Wellbeing & Schools Bill is the moment to do this. Read my joint statement with @cypcs NI Commissioner for Children and Young People Comisiynydd Plant | Children's Commissioner Wales 👇🏻 childrenscommissioner.gov.uk/news-and-blogs…

Uganda banned corporal punishment in schools & pledged to end violence against children by 2030. But it still happens. Create safe, respectful spaces for children to grow. #EndCorporalPunishment2025

1/2 The four UK Commissioners Chris Quinn, Children's Commissioner for England, Dame Rachel de Souza, Children and Young People's Commissioner Scotland, Nicola Killean, and Comisiynydd Plant | Children's Commissioner Wales, Rocio Cifuentes, are calling for children to have the same protection from assault as adults.

Listen to Chris Quinn discuss the need for Equal Protection in Northern Ireland and England on BBC Radio Ulster's Good Morning Ulster this morning. Northern Ireland Assembly, Children's Commissioner for England, Children and Young People's Commissioner Scotland, Comisiynydd Plant | Children's Commissioner Wales.

Celebrating ‘Our Children’ on International Day to End Corporal Punishment tinyurl.com/25ncth9w #OurChildren #CorporalPunishment

Labour’s defeat in Runcorn was entirely avoidable — and is the direct result of the party leadership’s political choices. By pushing policies like cuts to disability benefits and scrapping the winter fuel allowance, the leadership is driving away our own voters — and letting

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The UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, Reem Alsalem UNSR Violence Against Women and Girls Reem Alsalem, welcomes the landmark judgment by the UK Supreme Court on 16 April 2025 in the case of For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers. 1/2

So proud to see #SB364 pass through the Oklahoma legislature! 🌟 This bill will finally end the harmful practice of corporal punishment for students with disabilities. Let’s make sure it gets signed into law! 🙌 OK_Appleseed Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy

tinyurl.com/y7xt5wfk Celebrating ‘Our Children’ on Intl Day to End Corporal Punishment #SundayIsland #TheIsland #TheIslandnewspaper #StopChildCrueltyTrust #ChildProtectionAlliance #InternationalDaytoEndCorporalPunishment

A law banning corporal punishment in education is an essential foundation for ending its use in schools. But passing a law is usually not enough to end the practice. With experts, we identified the steps in eliminating violent punishment in schools. 💡bit.ly/endschoolcorpp…

Corporal punishment is finally recognised as a true public health problem. Join governments of Costa Rica, Kenya Finland Thailand &WHO – with civil society & child champions – for this 1st ever #WHA78 briefing on the health impact of corporal punishment. RSVP [email protected]

Spain officially joins South Africa's genocide case against Israel.

We're excited to share that a team from @AfriChildHub, led by Executive Director Timothy Opobo, spent a week in Ethiopia for a review and learning visit under. The Project focuses on Co-Designing Early Childhood Development (ECD) Interventions in Humanitarian Settings — a

I am appalled by the reports of Palestinians killed and injured while seeking aid in Gaza yesterday. It is unacceptable that Palestinians are risking their lives for food. I call for an immediate and independent investigation into these events and for perpetrators to be held

Today Lords will debate an amendment to the Children’s Wellbeing Bill to end physical punishment in England. We encourage peers to support this crucial amendment to give every child full protection in law from assault. It’s time to #EndPhysicalPunishment. swu-union.org.uk/2025/06/most-s…

Today Lords will debate an amendment to the Children’s Wellbeing Bill to end physical punishment in England. We encourage peers to support this crucial amendment to give every child full protection in law from assault. It’s time to #EndPhysicalPunishment.