On 10 December 2015, the Peruvian Congress approved by a near unanimous vote the Law prohibiting the use of physical and other humiliating punishment against children and adolescents (“Ley que prohibie el uso del castigo físico y humillante contra los niños, niñas y adolescents”). The law prohibits corporal punishment in all settings and amends the Code of Children and Adolescents by inserting a new article confirming the right to good treatment. The new law explicitly repeals article 74(d) of the Code on Children and Adolescents and article 423(3) of the Civil Code, both of which authorised parents and others to “moderately correct” children.
According to the Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children, as of December 2015, 48 states have achieved prohibition of corporal punishment in all settings, including the home.