Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children: Paraguay prohibits corporal punishment
On 17 August 2016, the Paraguayan National Congress approved the Law on Promotion of Good Treatment, Positive Parenting and Protection of Children and Adolescents against Corporal Punishment or Any Type of Violence as a Method of Correction or Discipline (Ley de Promoción del Buen Trato, Crianza Positiva y de Protección a Niñas, Niños y Adolescentes Contra el Castigo Físico o Cualquier Tipo de Violencia Como Método de Corrección o Disciplina), which was enacted by the Executive on 2 September 2016.
The new law confirms the right of the child and adolescent to good treatment and the prohibition of corporal punishment and humiliating treatment (unofficial translation).
With this reform, Paraguay becomes the 50th state worldwide to prohibit corporal punishment in all settings, including the home, and the 10th in Latin America to achieve this fundamental reform for children." ~Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children
