Tag: United Nations Committee on Torture
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Smacking Equated with Torture and Death Penalty
MEDIA RELEASE 20 May 2009 Smacking Equated with Torture and Death Penalty Family First NZ says that the United Nations Committee on Torture has equated a kiwi parent using a smack for the purpose of correction as a form of torture, and compared the anti-smacking law to the abolition of the death penalty. “This report…