Judicial corporal punishment in Afghanistan
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Corporal punishment is the infliction of physical pain upon a person's body as punishment for a crime or infraction.[1] Corporal punishment no longer exists in the legal systems of most developed nations around the world.[1] It is explicitly prohibited by many international conventions on human rights including the United Nations "Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners" and the European Convention on Human Rights.[2]
Judicial corporal punishment is legal in Afghanistan and has been reported in recent history. In Afghanistan, corporal punishment is prohibited in schools, but it is still lawful in the home, in alternative and day care settings, in penal institutions, and as a sentence for crimes.[3] There is no explicit prohibition of corporal punishment in Afghan law.
