The Senate approves the emergency bill which stiffens penalties for crimes against children and adolescents

The Senate approves the emergency bill which stiffens penalties for crimes against children and adolescents


With a decision by the plenary, the issue will be voted on more quickly in the Federal Senate

The plenary of Federal Senate approved on Wednesday 29th an urgent request in the drafting of the bill which stiffens penalties for crimes against children and adolescents. In order to speed up the process, the speaker of the proposal, Senator Damares Alves (Republicanos-DF), presented the request, which received the agreement of the leaders of the Chamber. The voting date does not yet have a fixed date.



Author of the deputy Osmar Terra (MDB-RS), the text has already been processed in the file House of Representatives and was approved last Tuesday (28) by the Senate Public Safety Committee. The bill includes a list of various crimes committed against minors.

Furthermore, the proposal seeks to include the practice of bullying and cyberbullying as a heinous crime. “We propose to tighten the abstract penalty for the crime of inducing, instigating or aiding suicide or self-mutilation, committed via a computer network, social network or transmitted in real time, and for the crime of mistreatment committed by a guardianship consultant or by those who work in healthcare institutions or in institutions that carry out institutional assistance programmes”, we read in the motivation.

Source: Terra

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