Corporal punishment in Singapore is very common and is carried out by striking with rattan sticks called cane (cane, the punishment itself in English sounds like caning ). Punishments can be divided into several categories: in court, army, school, prison and family. For the first time in this form, they appeared in Singapore during the era of British colonial rule.
The most famous and difficult of them is punishment with a rattan cane in the framework of justice. This punishment is intended for male offenders under the age of 50 for a wide range of crimes provided for in the Criminal Code [1] (robbery, theft , rape , prostitution , etc.). Rattan cane strikes are also a legalized form of punishment for male members of the lower ranks of the Singapore armed forces for misconduct and are carried out in special detention barracks. In addition, beating with such sticks is an official punishment in schools and prisons as a disciplinary measure.
In a milder form, a rattan cane is used to punish young people in many high schools in Singapore for serious misconduct.
Significantly thinner canes or other similar tools are also used by some parents as punishment for their children, regardless of gender. This is not prohibited in Singapore, and canes “for home use” are sold in almost any store, and most parents, according to surveys, actively use these sticks [2] .
Amnesty International condemns this practice [3] , and by some observers it is considered a violation of the UN Convention against Torture, but Singapore has not signed this convention [4] .
See also
- Disneyland with the death penalty
Notes
- ↑ Judicial Caning in Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei . World Corporal Punishment Research (August 2006). Date of treatment August 10, 2008. Archived on September 25, 2012.
- ↑ Sudderuddin, Shuli (13 September 2009). "To cane or not to cane ..." . www.asiaone.com . Date of treatment January 12, 2019 . Asiaone (Singapore).
- ↑ Amnesty International Report 2008: Singapore. . archive.is . Date of treatment January 12, 2019.
- ↑ Status of Ratifications, Office of the United Nations High Commission of Human Rights . Date of treatment June 10, 2012. Archived September 25, 2012.