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Repeal 43 – End the Legalized Corporal Punishment of Children in Canada
The Repeal 43 Committee issued the following message on National Child Day:
November 20, 2009 marks the 20th anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child – the first binding international agreement recognizing that children have fundamental human rights and should grow up in a family environment of happiness, love and understanding.
Canada played a major role in promoting the Convention and proclaimed November 20 as an annual National Child Day to celebrate this recognition of children’s rights, including the right to be free from all physical or mental violence, injury or abuse.
The United Nations Committee overseeing the Convention has twice called on Canada to honour this right by removing section 43 of the Criminal Code, which allows hitting children for discipline, and by explicitly prohibiting all forms of corporal punishment.
Two hundred Canadian organizations have urged repeal of section 43, but while Canada has made progress in implementing other provisions of the Convention, it has still not recognized a child’s right to freedom from violence by repealing this 19th century section of the Code.
Let’s treat children with understanding and dignity.
Let’s respect their right to non-violent discipline.
Join us in urging the government to repeal section 43.
Find out more about the campaign to Repeal 43 at www.repeal43.ca. Add your support by writing to your MP and Senators and circulating this information through your organization’s newsletter and web site.
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