The Ministry of Justice has decided to pursue a law that prohibits the corporal punishment of parents' children.

This is because there have been incidents of child death due to abuse and whether current legal regulations allow corporal punishment.

The Ministry of Justice said it plans to improve the provisions of disciplinary rights of parents and prepare amendments to the Civil Code that stipulate prohibition of corporal punishment.

Civil law stipulates that parents and guardians have the right and duty to protect and cultivate, and can take necessary disciplinary actions.

While it is common practice to say that the way that physically and mentally inflicting physical and mental pain beyond acceptable levels is not included in the discipline here, it has been pointed out that the provisions of disciplinary rights may be mistaken for allowing parental punishment of their children.

In April, the Legislative Improvement Committee for Inclusive Family Culture recommended that the provisions of disciplinary rights in civil law be deleted and replaced with'discipline'.

The Ministry of Justice accepted the recommendation and decided to promote civil law revision.

In order to prepare a specific amendment plan, we will hold a round-table conference on the 12th and collect opinions from children's human rights experts and youth parties.