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While the domestic corporal punishment of children is accepted in many countries, it is also illegal in a number of others. The practice has been banned in Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Israel, Latvia, Norway, Romania, Sweden, the Netherlands, Ukraine and New Zealand. These developments are comparatively recent, with Sweden, in 1979, being the first country to forbid corporal punishment by law. In a number of other countries there is active debate about its continued usage. In the United Kingdom its total abolition has been discussed. The Australian state of Tasmania also is continuing to review the state's laws on the matter, and may seek to ban the use of corporal punishment by parents. The matter is also under review in other Australian states.
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