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IV.
Recommendation
Position
Responses
and Protection Act, the
Child Adoption Act and
the Domestic Violence
Prevention Act in order
to prohibit all forms of
corporal punishment in
all settings”
(Mexico)
restraint or force shall never be used as a means of
punishment”. The Ministry of Education (MoE) adopted
the resolution of banning the use of corporal punishment
during the 11th National Education Conference in 2008.
The National Education Policy 2018 (draft) also reinforces
this resolution stating that schools shall practice proactive
and positive forms of behavioural management. In addition,
the policy also states that the use of restraint or force shall
never be used as a means of corrective measure or
punishment’, which is consistent with the Child Care and
Protection Act of Bhutan 2011. The Ministry also has
introduced the Mindfulness & Emotional Intelligence and
Helping Skills program in July 2019 to build the
competencies of teachers in understanding the children
under their care in the school setting. In view of the above,
the Royal Government does not feel the need to pursue
legislative reforms or enactment of new legislation.
All recommendations
158.38
“Decriminalize same- accepted
sex sexual conduct
between consenting
adults (Belgium);
Decriminalize same-sex
sexual conduct among
consenting adults”
(France)
Bhutan accepts all recommendations from 158.38 to
158.44 in view of the amendment of sections 213 and 214 of
the Penal Code of Bhutan by the National Assembly of
Bhutan.
158.39
Revoke the provision on
sodomy in sections 213
and 214 of the Penal
Code, which
criminalizes same-sex
conduct (Netherlands);
/ Repeal sections 213
and 214, which prohibit
homosexual acts, from
its Penal Code
(Switzerland);/
Decriminalize same-sex
sexual conduct between
consenting adults by
amending sections 213
and 214 of the Penal
Code (Canada);/
Revoke section 213 of
the Penal Code
(Cyprus);/
Decriminalize
consensual same-sex
conduct by revoking or
amending sections 213
and 214 of the Penal
Code (Germany);/ Decriminalize consensual
same-sex acts by either
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