Date Time Share In Dialogue with Tunisia, Committee on Rights of Child welcomes positive steps and asks about corporal punishment OHCHR Committee Experts Congratulate Tunisia for Being the First Nation Outside Europe to Sign the Lanzarote Convention The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the combined fourth to sixth periodic report of Tunisia on how it implements the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, underlining the positive steps taken by Tunisia in the field of human rights, notably those of children, and asking about corporal punishment, among other topics. Committee Experts congratulated Tunisia for its work on children’s rights and said they were particularly impressed that Tunisia had been the first nation outside Europe to sign the Council of Europe’s Lanzarote Convention on sexual exploitation and abuse of children. They noted that earlier this month, the non-governmental organization Human Right Watch had introduced a country index report for North Africa, according to which up to 90 per cent of Tunisian children experienced corporal punishment at least once a month.