The United Nations (UN) Rights of the Child Committee has restated its call for the abolishment of corporal punishment in Guyana.
A parliamentary committee is set to begin consultations on the abolishment of corporal punishment which was one of the recommendations coming out of Guyana’s appearance before the UN Human Rights Council during the first cycle of the Universal Periodic Review in 2010.
A government delegation last month also appeared before the UN Rights of the Child Committee in Geneva, Switzerland and in concluding observations on Guyana’s submissions, the Committee said that it welcomes Guyana’s Child Care and Development Services Act 2011 which prohibits corporal punishment in institutional residences. However,
