This chart shows The Laws on Corporal Punishment Around the World.
Corporal punishment or physical punishment is punishment intended to cause physical pain, including physical chastisement such as spanking, paddling, or caning of minors by parents, guardians, or school or other officials.
Official punishment for crime by inflicting pain or injury, including flogging, branding, and amputation, was practised in most civilisations since ancient times. However, with the growth of humanitarian ideals since the Enlightenment, such punishments were increasingly viewed as inhumane, a barbaric relic of bygone times. By the late 20th century, corporal punishment had been eliminated from the legal systems of most developed countries.
Other uses of corporal punishment have existed, for instance as once practised on apprentices by their masters. In many Western countries, medical and human-rights organizations oppose corporal punishment of children. Campaigns against corporal punishment have aimed to bring about legal reform to ban the use of corporal punishment against minors in homes and schools.
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