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. 2020 Jul 27;4(1):e000675. doi: 10.1136/bmjpo-2020-000675

Table 1.

States prohibiting all corporal punishment of children, including in the home

2020 Japan
2019 Georgia, South Africa, France, Republic of Kosovo
2018 Nepal
2017 Lithuania
2016 Mongolia, Montenegro, Paraguay, Slovenia
2015 Benin, Ireland, Peru
2014 Andorra, Estonia, Nicaragua, San Marino, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Malta
2013 Cabo Verde, Honduras, North Macedonia
2011 South Sudan
2010 Albania, Congo (Republic of), Kenya, Tunisia, Poland
2008 Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Republic of Moldova, Costa Rica
2007 Togo, Spain, Venezuela, Uruguay, Portugal, New Zealand, The Netherlands
2006 Greece
2005 Hungary
2004 Romania, Ukraine
2003 Iceland
2002 Turkmenistan
2000 Germany, Israel, Bulgaria
1999 Croatia
1998 Latvia
1997 Denmark
1994 Cyprus
1989 Austria
1987 Norway
1983 Finland
1979 Sweden

From The Global Initiative to End all Corporal Punishment of Children.5