Ireland Hitting children is still part of our culture

31 Jan 2012 | child rights domestic violence

‘Irish Times’ reports that hitting children is against the Convention on the Rights of the Child which Ireland ratified in 1992. This meant that Ireland agreed to advance children’s rights and report progress. The last 2005 report, commenting on parents and corporal punishment, states, unbelievably, “The common law recognises the right of a parent to inflict moderate and reasonable physical chastisement on a child” .The UN Universal Periodic Review, published in 2011, urges Ireland to prohibit all corporal punishment within the family and they want a response from Government no later than March 2012.

Source : Irish Times