Editing Corporal punishment (section)

===Legal status===
{{see also|Child corporal punishment laws}}

67 countries, most of them in [[Europe]] and [[Latin America]], have prohibited any corporal punishment of children.

The earliest recorded attempt to prohibit corporal punishment of children by a state dates back to [[Poland]] in 1783.<ref name="Abolishing">{{cite book |title=Abolishing corporal punishment of children: questions and answers |date=2007 |publisher=Council of Europe |location=Strasbourg |isbn=978-9-287-16310-3 |url= http://www.coe.int/t/dg3/children/corporalpunishment/pdf/EnglishQuestionAnswer_en.pdf |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140809054408/http://www.coe.int/t/dg3/children/corporalpunishment/pdf/EnglishQuestionAnswer_en.pdf |archive-date=9 August 2014}}</ref>{{rp|31–2}} However, its prohibition in all spheres of life – in homes, schools, the penal system and alternative care settings – occurred first in 1966 in Sweden. The 1979 Swedish Parental Code reads: "Children are entitled to care, security and a good upbringing. Children are to be treated with respect for their person and individuality and may not be subjected to corporal punishment or any other humiliating treatment."<ref name="Abolishing"/>{{rp|32}}

{{as of|2021}}, corporal punishment of children by parents (or other adults) is outlawed altogether in 63 nations (including the partially recognized Republic of Kosovo) and 3 constituent nations.<ref name="Countries Prohib">{{Cite web |url= https://endcorporalpunishment.org/countdown/ |title=States which have prohibited all corporal punishment |publisher=Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children |website=www.endcorporalpunishment.org|date=29 January 2018 }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Countries that have completely prohibited corporal punishment of children:<ref name="Countries Prohib"/>
! scope="col" | Country
! scope="col" | Year
|-
|{{SWE}} || 1979
|-
|{{FIN}} || 1983
|-
|{{NOR}} || 1987
|-
|{{AUT}} || 1989
|-
|{{CYP}} || 1994
|-
|{{DEN}} || 1997
|-
|{{POL}} || 1997
|-
|{{flag|Latvia}} || 1998
|-
|{{GER}} || 1998
|-
|{{CRO}} || 1999
|-
|{{flag|Bulgaria}} || 2000
|-
|{{ISR}} || 2000
|-
|{{flag|Turkmenistan}} || 2002
|-
|{{flag|Iceland}} || 2003
|-
|{{flag|Ukraine}} || 2004
|-
|{{ROM}} || 2004
|-
|{{HUN}} || 2005
|-
|{{flag|Greece}} || 2006
|-
|{{flag|New Zealand}} || 2007
|-
|{{NED}} || 2007
|-
|{{POR}} || 2007
|-
|{{flag|Uruguay}} || 2007
|-
|{{flag|Venezuela}} || 2007
|-
|{{ESP}} || 2007
|-
|{{flag|Togo}} || 2007
|-
|{{flag|Costa Rica}} || 2008
|-
|{{flag|Moldova}} || 2008
|-
|{{flag|Luxembourg}} || 2008
|-
|{{flag|Liechtenstein}} || 2008
|-
|{{flag|Tunisia}} || 2010
|-
|{{flag|Kenya}} || 2010
|-
|{{flag|Congo, Republic of}} || 2010
|-
|{{flag|Albania}} || 2010
|-
|{{flag|South Sudan}} || 2011
|-
|{{flag|North Macedonia}} || 2013
|-
|{{flag|Cabo Verde}} || 2013
|-
|{{flag|Honduras}} || 2013
|-
|{{flag|Malta}} || 2014
|-
|{{flag|Brazil}} || 2014
|-
|{{flag|Bolivia}} || 2014
|-
|{{flag|Argentina}} || 2014
|-
|{{flag|San Marino}} || 2014
|-
|{{flag|Nicaragua}} || 2014
|-
|{{flag|Estonia}} || 2014
|-
|{{flag|Andorra}} || 2014
|-
|{{flag|Benin}} || 2015
|-
|{{IRL}} || 2015
|-
|{{flag|Peru}} || 2015
|-
|{{flag|Mongolia}} || 2016
|-
|{{MNE}} || 2016
|-
|{{flag|Paraguay}} || 2016
|-
|''{{flag|Aruba}}'' || 2016<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.endcorporalpunishment.org/news/10/2017/aruba-has-prohibited-all-corporal-punishment-of-children.html |title=Aruba has prohibited all corporal punishment of children - Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children |access-date=6 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180306202923/http://www.endcorporalpunishment.org/news/10/2017/aruba-has-prohibited-all-corporal-punishment-of-children.html |archive-date=6 March 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
|{{flag|Slovenia}} || 2016
|-
|{{flag|Lithuania}} || 2017
|-
|{{flag|Nepal}} || 2018
|-
|{{flag|Kosovo}} || 2019
|-
|{{flag|France}} || 2019
|-
|{{flag|South Africa}} || 2019
|-
|{{flag|Jersey}} || 2019
|-
|{{flag|Georgia}} || 2020
|-
|{{flag|Japan}} || 2020
|-
|{{flag|Seychelles}} || 2020
|-
|{{flag|Scotland}} || 2020
|-
|{{flag|Guinea}} || 2021
|-
|{{flag|Colombia}} || 2021
|-
|{{flag|South Korea}} || 2021
|-
|{{flag|Wales}} || 2022
|-
|{{flag|Zambia}} || 2022
|-
|{{flag|Cuba}} || 2022
|-
|{{flag|Mauritius}} || 2022
|-
|{{flag|Laos}} || 2024<ref>{{cite press release |url= https://www.unicef.org/laos/press-releases/lao-pdr-historic-ban-corporal-punishment |date=30 April 2024 |title=Lao PDR on Historic Ban of Corporal Punishment |publisher=Unicef |access-date=9 May 2024}}</ref>
|-
|{{flag|Tajikistan}} || 2024<ref>{{cite web |url= https://endcorporalpunishment.org/tajikistanprohibitsallcorporalpunishment/ |date=28 August 2024 |title=Tajikistan prohibits all corporal punishment of children |publisher= End Corporal Punishment |access-date=30 August 2024}}</ref>
|-
|{{flag|Thailand}} || 2025<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.nationthailand.com/news/general/40047876 |date=26 March 2025
|title= UNICEF hails Thailand's ban on corporal punishment for kids |work=The Nation |location= Bangkok |access-date=30 March 2025}}</ref>
|}

For a more detailed overview of the global use and prohibition of the corporal punishment of children, see the following table.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; width: 600px;"
|+ ''Summary of the number of countries prohibiting corporal punishment of children''<ref name="Countries Prohib"/>
|-
| rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="2" | '''Home'''
| rowspan="2" | '''Schools'''
| colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | '''Penal system'''
| rowspan="2" | '''Alternative care settings'''
|-
| '''As sentence for crime'''
| '''As disciplinary measure'''
|-
| '''Prohibited'''
| 67
| 130
| 156
| 117
| 39
|-
| '''Not prohibited'''
| 131
| 68
| 41
| 77
| 159
|-
| '''Legality unknown''' || – || – || 1 || 4 || –
|}