Gaps in proposing a law to criminalize bullying .. This is what the specialists say

The newspaper “Al -Akhbar” wrote: The proposal of a law submitted by Representative Hakoub Trezian, aimed at criminalizing bullying in all its forms, was issued by the public debate recently, for two main reasons. The first of them is that the phenomenon of bullying was disturbed in a worrying way in society, and it moved from being merely a “heavy joke” or a transient behavior, to a systematic social behavior that destroys its victims psychologically and socially, and some pushes isolation and may lead them to commit suicide. Complex. It also did not specify a clear mechanism to report the bullying cases, whether through the stations, or through a specialized committee, or even through a hotline dedicated to following up these cases, which leaves a practical loophole that may limit its effectiveness on the ground. Also, the international advisor in protecting the child and alternative care Zina Alloush is attracted to gaps that marred the proposal in terms of definition and application mechanisms. The text “criminalizes any repeated aggressive behavior, without specifying what is meant by repetition, or distinguishing between the bullying of young and old, which makes it loose and interpreted.” Also, the lack of separation between the penalties directed to adults and those of adolescents may create practical problems, warning of “the possibility of the law to exploit the law politically or medialy in a country that is originally built with a public letter full With slander and defamation. ”Despite her conviction of the importance of criminalizing bullying, Alloush stressed that the law alone is not enough, but rather should be associated with awareness campaigns in schools and media, as well as psychological keeping pace with the victims of children,“ so that the text does not turn into a tool of intimidation or revenge instead of being a means of protection and deterrence. ”