Is corporal punishment allowed in schools in Argentina?
Banned
Corporal punishment of children is prohibited nationwide since 2016.
Argentina is one of 41 countries classified “Banned” for corporal punishment in schools — 84% of the 49 with data.
Source
- Taken from
- Wikipedia: School corporal punishment
- Last checked
- 17 September 2026
- How it was classified
- Classified by a language model from the source text, then checked against hand-verified reference countries.
Nearby countries
- Bolivia
- Banned Corporal punishment in schools is prohibited nationwide under the 2014 Children and Adolescents Code.
- Brazil
- Banned Corporal punishment in schools is prohibited nationwide under the 2014 amendment to the Code on Children and Adolescents.
- Colombia
- Banned Private and public schools are banned from using physical abuse, though applicability to indigenous communities is unclear.
- Venezuela
- Banned Corporal punishment in schools was prohibited in 2007 under the Law for the Protection of Children and Adolescents.
- Costa Rica
- Banned Corporal punishment in schools has been banned nationwide since 2008.
- Sierra Leone
- Legal Corporal punishment is currently legal in Sierra Leonean schools.
Other laws in Argentina
- Death Penalty
- Fully abolished
- Gun Laws
- Permissive
- Military Conscription
- No conscription
- Jury Trials
- Limited use / mixed courts
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