National Campaign Against Corporal Punishment of Children

4 March 2009 - President of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Croatia, Professor Jasna Omejec received the Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Family, Veterans’ Affairs and Intergenerational Solidarity Ms Jadranka Kosor, who presented the goals and activities of the National campaign against corporal punishment of children and presented the President and the Constitutional Court Judges with the Campaign badges and a poster thereby symbolically including them in this National Campaign that will also include other celebrities in the field of culture, politics and public life. President Omejec strongly supported the Campaign and noted that the Constitutional Court will not only sanction, within its jurisdiction, every corporal punishment of children but also observe closely whether the state actively carries out its positive obligations regarding the prevention and protection in that area.