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KDU Law Journal Volume 04 Issue II
September, 2024
children, including promoting positive discipline.
(d) To develop recommendations for effective laws and policies to
protect children from corporal punishment in various settings.

(e) To contribute to the advancement of research and knowledge
in child protection and human rights, identifying best practices
and interventions.

Overall, exploring the legality and implications of CP in Sri Lanka
from child rights and legal perspectives is a crucial area of study that
can help protect children’s rights, prevent violence against children,
and advance research and knowledge in the field of child protection
and human rights.
Therefore, this research aims to examine the legal perspective of CP
in Sri Lanka, including the existing laws and their implementation.
The article also explores the implications of CP on children’s physical
and mental health, education, and human rights. The research design
has been carried out by analyzing existing literature subjective to
qualitative analysis. It used primary legal sources such as constitutional
provisions, legislative enactments, Conventions and decided case
laws. Besides journal articles, books, policy papers and writings of the
highest authority in the field and other comments made on the subject
by reputed scholars have been used as secondary sources to enhance
the outcome of this research.
Corporal Punishment and the International Human
Rights Framework: Legal Implications and Standards
Prior to the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the
Child (hereinafter referred to as CRC) the International Bill of
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Human Rights, comprising the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights (hereinafter referred to as UDHR) and the two International
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3 Convention on the Rights of the Child (20 November 1989) UNTS 1577, 3
4 Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) UN General Assembly Resolution 217
A (III) https://www.un.org/en/about-us/universal-declaration-of-human-rights accessed 2
August 2024.
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