Smacking ban?
The polemic on spanking children in Belgium has been re-opened following a reminder from the United Nations human rights organisation in Geneva that the country has no legislation against corporal punishment. The absence of any specific legislation had previously been raised in 2003 and 2005. Some 20 European countries already have laws protecting kids from physical punishment.
15. November 2011 at 22:09
It wouldn’t surprise me a bit that Belgian legislation dealing with corporal punishment would be inadequate. But at the same time, the act of spanking children, etc, has become socially unacceptable in just one generation.