Tuesday, February 2, 2021
1 Year Jail Term and 500,000 Riyals fine for Exploiting children for Gain and Fame
The Human Rights Commission in Saudi Arabia has warned against the misuse of children for financial gain or fame, Explaining that this act is a crime and punishable by the laws of the Kingdom.
The Human Rights Commission said, “It is continuously monitoring some transgressions that threaten the stability of children's lives and violate their rights, for the sake of fame or material gain, while it continues the legal procedures in the prosecution of anyone who violates the rights of the child, regardless of his connection or kinship with the child.
- The commission announced in a statement that, Saudi Arabia's laws criminalize and punish anyone who violates the rights of the child. it called for the importance of following to those rights guaranteed by the laws in effect in the Kingdom and strengthening oversight to protect them from any violations that they may be exposed to, whether within the family environment or outside it. Trending : Saudization of Remote Customer service jobs
- The Human Rights highlighted that "all the violations that occur in this framework must be faced strictly", explaining that the happening of exploitation Children in social media and engaging them in conversations that are not appropriate for their ages are a grave violation that threatens the child's psychological and behavioral life.
- The authority pointed out the importance of not violating the right to privacy and information security as one of the basic rights of the human being, which means that every person has his own life, including children, for whom regulations guarantee that right, just like other groups of society.
- The commission explaining that with the development of electronic technologies and means of communication and the growth of their use has become the personal information of individuals and images circulating in these media, which makes them vulnerable to attack by others.
- National regulations punish “with imprisonment for a period not more than 1 year and a fine not exceeding 500,000 riyals, or one of these two penalties, anyone who prejudices private life through misuse of mobile phones equipped with a camera or the like where the penalty of imprisonment or a fine is not less Less than half of its upper limit. Read : More than 3 Million people vaccinated in Arab Gulf region
- If the crime is associated with deceit, minors, or those of equal status and their exploitation. ” The regulations also guarantee the right of the child to be protected from economic exploitation and from performing any work that is likely to be dangerous or to delay his education or to be harmful to his health or his physical, mental, moral or social development.
