29/06/2004 (Agence Europe) - The Council of Europe' Parliamentary Assembly adopted a report on 24 June by Helena Bargholtz (Liberal democrat and reforming group, Sweden) on outlawing corporal punishment of children in Europe. All the Member States of the Council of Europe have ratified the United Nations convention on children's rights, which requires states to protect children against all forms of physical and mental violence from the adults looking after them. The Assembly points out,...