Is corporal punishment allowed in schools in Brazil?
Banned
Corporal punishment in schools is prohibited nationwide under the 2014 amendment to the Code on Children and Adolescents.
Brazil 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.
- Venezuela
- Banned Corporal punishment in schools was prohibited in 2007 under the Law for the Protection of Children and Adolescents.
- Colombia
- Banned Private and public schools are banned from using physical abuse, though applicability to indigenous communities is unclear.
- Argentina
- Banned Corporal punishment of children is prohibited nationwide since 2016.
- 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 Brazil
- Death Penalty
- Abolished for ordinary crimes
- Gun Laws
- Licensed / moderate
- Military Conscription
- Active conscription
- Jury Trials
- Limited use / mixed courts
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