ABSTRACT
Violence against children is recognised as a serious worldwide problem that appears in different forms and settings. According to the United Nations Secretary-General’s Study on Violence against Children (2006), child abuse and neglect were found to be global problems of alarming magnitude and consequences. For example, millions of children across the world suffer sexual, physical, or emotional violence on a daily basis and even larger numbers of children suffer caning, slapping, and other forms of corporal and degrading punishment in homes, schools, and other settings.
