Who has said STOP?

EU Commissioners and MEPs

•Sweden

EU Commissioner Wallstrom

• Germany

MEP Lissy Groner

• Ireland

MEP Colm Burke

• Romania

MEP Adrian Severin

MEP Renate Weber

• UK

MEP Barroness Emma Nicholson

MEP Jill Evans

MEP Jean Lambert

• Italy

MEP Umberto Guidoni

MEP Patrizia Toia

MEP Vittorio Agnoletto

MEP Marco Cappato

• Bulgaria

MEP Marusya Lyubcheva

• The Netherlands

MEP Cornelis Visser

• Austria

MEP Karin Resetarits

Take a look at the names of other people you may know who have 'Raised their Hand against Smacking' ! The names below are those of people who have openly supported the Council of Europe's Campaign against corporal punishment: 'Raise your hand against smacking'.

Presidents and Ministers

• Bulgaria
Mr Lazar Lazarov, Deputy Minister for Labour and Social Policy

• Cyprus
Mr Dimitris Christofias, President of Cyprus

• Finland
Ms Tarja Halonen, President of the Republic

• Greece
Ms Maria-Aggeliki Trochani, General Secretary of Welfare, Ministry of Health and Social Solidarity

• Hungary
Ms Edit Rauh, Deputy Minister for Social Affairs and Labour
Mr Máté Szabό, Parliamentary Commissioner for Civil Rights

• Latvia
Mr Bastiks Ainars, Minister for Children and Family Affairs

• Poland
Ms Lukasz Redziniak, Secretary of State for Justice

• Portugal

Ms Idalia Moniz, Secretary of State for Disability

• Slovenia

Ms Marjeta Cotman, Minister for Labour, Family and Social Affairs
• Sweden
Mr Fredrik Reinfeldt, Prime Minister of Sweden

International Organisations

• Terry Davis, Secretary General of the Council of Europe and Maud de Boer-Buquicchio, Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe

• Jean-Paul Costa, President of the European Court of Human Rights

• Lluis Maria de Puig, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe

• Thomas Hammarberg, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights

• Emily Logan, Irish Ombudsperson for children, on behalf of the European Network for Ombudsman for Children
• Jorge Sampaio, United Nations High Representative for the Alliance of Civilisations, former President of Portugal

Members of Royal Families

• Her Majesty Queen Silvia (Sweden)

Cinema

• Claudia Cardinale, Italian actor. World icon of European cinema, she has made films for some of the world's greatest directors, including Federico Fellini, LuchinoVisconti, Sergio Leoni, Werner Herzog. Two of her most memorable roles were in Fellini’s 81/2 (1963) and Visconti’s The leopard (1963). Unicef Ambassador for the Defence of Women’s Rights, she has supported many humanitarian causes, including gay rights.

• Lamberto Bava, Italian film director Internationally renowned for Giallo thrillers and horror films, his best known films include Mask of the demon (La Maschera del demonio, 1989), Demons (Démoni, 1985), A blade in the dark (La casa con la scala nel buio, 1983) and Mask of frozen terror (Macabro 1980).

• Ole Bornedal, Danish film director. Internationally acclaimed, his filmography includes: The substitute (Vikaren, 2007) – a science fiction film where children’s ability to see the truth in a world where adults are firmly ensconced in their Cartesian certainties, saves the day (and the world), Just another love story (2007), I am Dina (2002), Nightwatch (1997).

• Caroline Munro, English actor. The lethal James Bond girl who almost murdered Bond in The spy who loved me (1977) and the unforgettable Margiana in The golden voyage of Sinbad. Caroline Munro was a 1970s icon of exploitation cinema: Dracula AD, Capitan Kronos – vampire hunter, Starcrash.

• Philippe Nahon, French actor. His best known films are The ordeal (Calvaire 2003), Brotherhood of the wolf (Le pacte des loups (2001), I stand alone (Seul contre tous, 1998) – winner of the Critics’ Week Prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 1998.

• Jean-François Rauger, programming director of the Cinémathèque française, film critic for Le Monde

To see who else has signed up to stop corporal punishment visit the Council of Europe's website