Law and General

Bower, Carol 
20 – 23 March 2005

Summary of necessary legal reform to achieve full prohibition
Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children
Prepared by EPOCH
Is there a legal defence for corporal punishment which must be repealed?
The near universal acceptance of corporal punishment in childrearing means that legal provisions against violence and abuse are not interpreted as prohibiting corporal punishment and provisions confirming a right to use “reasonable” punishment provide a legal justification for the use of corporal punishment. The following legal defences for the use of corporal punishment should be repealed/amended and the law clarified to state that all forms of corporal punishment are unlawful: New South Wales Crimes Act (s61), Northern Territory Criminal Code Act (s27), Queensland Criminal Code Act 1899 (s280), South Australia Criminal Law Consolidation Act 1935 (s20), Tasmania Criminal Code Act 1924 (s50), Western Australia Criminal Code 1913 (s257) and the relevant common law defences in Australian Capital Territory and Victoria.

Strengthening Intersectoral Collaboration against Child Abuse in Vietnam
Melia Hotel Hanoi, 15-16 December 2011
A discussion by Professor the Honourable Alastair Nicholson AO RFD QC
Honorary Professorial Fellow, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Walker, Janet
20 – 23 March 2005

O’Mahony, Conor
20 – 23 March 2005

Davel, Catharina
20 – 23 March 2005

Schepard, Andrew
New York Law Journal, 12th May 2005

Skelton, Ann
20 – 23 March 2005

Singer, The Hon. Mr Justice Peter
20 – 23 March 2005

Bessant, Claire and Smith, Rhona
20 – 23 March 2005

Loveless, A Scott
20 - 22 September 2001

Rotlevy, Judge Saviona
20 – 23 March 2005

Rotlevy, Judge Saviona
20 – 23 March 2005

Pearl, His Honour Judge David
20 – 23 March 2005

Bell, Nancy
20 – 23 March 2005