Open AccessCRIMINAL PROTECTION OF MINORS FROM ACTS OF ABUSE IN THE ALGERIAN PENAL CODE
Author(s) -
Ismahane Abderrezak
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
rimak international journal of humanities and social sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2717-8293
DOI - 10.47832/2717-8293.8-3.1
Subject(s) - legislator , criminal code , law , prejudice (legal term) , criminology , political science , psychology , criminal law , legislation
The Algerian legislator has paid special attention to childhood by following a strict criminal policy and setting up deterrent and injunctive legal texts and provisions for anyone who is tempted to exploit his weakness and helplessness to attack him and prejudice his physical and psychological integrity. Among the most important things that reflect this protection are the provisions in Article 269 of the Penal Code and what follows. Which criminalized every form of physical abuse that a minor child under the age of 16 may be exposed to due to his physical weakness and inability to defend himself, especially in the face of the closest people to him, his parents, those who take care of him or those who have authority over him, as he extended protection in all Places where he can be found while he is under this age. Whether within the family, in the nursery, at school, in nursing homes for paramedic children, or in the interests of the open environment