تنبيه بدنى كودكان در نظام بين الملل حقوق بشر و فقه اماميه (فارسى) — الصفحة ٢٩٩

ث ) تفسير عمومى شماره‌ى 8 كميته‌ى حقوق كودك

General should be requested , through the General Assembly , to carry out an in - depth international study on violence against children . The United Nations General Assembly took this forward in .

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Within the context of the UnitedNations study , carried out between and , the need to prohibit all currently legalized violence against children has been highlighted , as has childrens own deep concern at the almost universal high prevalence of corporal punishment in the family and also its persisting legality in many States in schools and other institutions , and in penal systems for children in conflict with the law .

III . Definitions

. Child is defined as in the Convention as every human being below the age of eighteen years unless under the law applicable to the child , majority is attained earlier

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. The Committee defines

corporal or physical punishment as any punishment in which physical force is used and intended to cause some degree of pain or discomfort , however light . Most involves hitting ( smacking slapping spanking ) children , with the hand or with an implement - a whip , stick , belt , shoe , wooden spoon , etc . But it can also involve , for example , kicking , shaking or throwing children , scratching , pinching , biting , pulling hair or boxing ears , forcing children to stay in uncomfortable positions , burning , scalding or forced ingestion ( for example , washing childrens mouths out with soap or forcing them to swallow hot spices ) . In the view of the Committee , corporal punishment is invariably degrading . In addition , there are other non - physical forms of punishment that are also cruel and degrading and thus incompatible with the Convention . These include , for example , punishment which belittles , humiliates , denigrates , scapegoats , threatens , scares or ridicules the child .

( 1 ) . General Assembly resolution / . ( 2 ) . Article .