| Opponents of corporal punishment argue that frequent physical punishment interferes with the teaching of nonviolent modes of conflict resolution. |
| Therefore, it was the firm opinion of the Committee that corporal punishment constitutes cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment. |
| One of the most common allegations relates to physical abuse and extreme or excessive corporal punishment. |
| Boys are the primary victims of corporal punishment and other types of physical abuse, both at home and in school. |
| Committee members attacked Australian law, which permits corporal punishment within families and at private schools. |
| The very nature of judicial corporal punishment is that it involves one human being inflicting physical violence on another human being. |
