Investigation update
Children and young people report on the progress of the children’s rights investigation, March 2008
Random fact no 2
Eighteen countries have changed the law to stop parents hitting their children (the date in brackets is when the law was changed) – Sweden (1979), Finland (1983), Norway (1987), Austria (1989), Cyprus (1994), Denmark (1997), Latvia (1998), Croatia (1999), Germany (2000), Bulgaria (2000), Israel (2000), Iceland (2003), Romania (2004), Ukraine (2004), Hungary (2005), Greece (2006), The Netherlands (2007) and New Zealand (2007).
Take a look at the Get ready for change! project so far!
