Two jurists demanded activation of penalties for parents who cause their children to drown in valleys, due to ignoring warning messages and risking their lives, despite the warnings sent by official authorities through the phones of citizens and residents in the state directly or through social media not to approach the places of the valleys and torrents Dams in rainy weather, but there are adventurous overpasses.
Lawyer and legal advisor Saud Muhammad confirmed that he is punished with imprisonment from one month to three years or a fine of no less than 5,000 dirhams whoever accompanies children to places that may threaten their lives or affect their health, such as places of smoking or the emission of toxic gases and weapons manufacturing in addition to places that There are various diseases and epidemics and other diseases prevalent under a law and a child protection, in addition to that the law included providing optimal protection for the child by establishing child protection units in all possible forms and means, in coordination with the competent authorities, based on the applicable laws and laws.
Lawyer and counselor Hamid Darwish, an activist in child protection affairs, called for activating and establishing child protection units that aim to put in place and implement mechanisms and measures that protect the child, with preventive intervention in all cases where the child's health and physical, psychological, moral, or mental integrity is found to be threatened or exposed. Threatened through therapeutic interference in all cases of neglect, which enters the adventure of children's lives and puts them in dangerous places such as torrents, valleys, and other places that may cause severe injury or death.
He pointed out that child rights laws have played a major role in protecting the child, and the entry of parents with their children in places of torrents and valleys or camping in them is one of the manifestations of neglect and abuse that the law defines as any act or omission that would lead to harm to the child that prevents its development and growth. Towards sound, safe and healthy, and the failure of the parent or caretaker to take the necessary measures to preserve his life and physical integrity.
Darwish pointed out that some parents do not understand the difference between privacy and violating the rights of the child by exposing him to danger, especially when he receives warnings from residents of mountainous areas about the danger of his trip in rainy times and the introduction of his family to places exposed to the cliff torrents and valleys.
He stressed that social responsibility in protecting the child is not limited to the parents or the guardian of the child, as after the person or community should warn the guardian to prevent him from entering the valleys and torrents areas and expose his children and family to danger and the guardian does not respond to them, they must provide A communication to protect these children to the nearest police station so that the competent authorities can take the necessary measures against the guardian, before exposing his children to the risk of injury or death, by directing and signing pledges not to repeat this behavior.
He noted that failure to report a crime is considered a crime under Article 274 of the Penal Code, which stipulates that “he shall be punished with a fine of no more than 1,000 dirhams whoever knows of a crime and refrains from reporting this to the competent authorities.”
Warning messages
Colonel Ali Obaid Al Tunaiji. From the source
The Director of the General Department of Civil Defense in Fujairah, Brigadier Ali Obaid Al Tunaiji, confirmed the sending of warnings and awareness messages by various means to reach all members of society, whether via smartphones or official platforms in the social media of civil defense before the rains, warning that they do not tolerate the flow of valleys and torrents And to follow the requirements and instructions that we always repeat in order to preserve the safety of all, especially with the warnings issued by the concerned agencies to anticipate weather fluctuations that the region may witness, which may cause heavy rains and torrential torrential rain.
Al-Tunaiji indicated that cooperation is taking place with other security agencies to secure the valleys by placing signs that show the crossing of a valley or a torrent in designated areas before the rainy seasons, especially in places where rain water collects in the valleys and not entering them via vehicles, or by walking or swimming methods for what follows This is a risk of drifting or falling and the difficulty of leaving, except that people insist on entering out of curiosity and a sense of adventure, underestimating their lives and those of their families. Often within these vehicles there is one or two children within the family.
Al-Tunaiji called on the heads of families and those wishing to enjoy the rainy climate to monitor the weather changes before any land or camping trip, and to move away from the valleys and natural water channels, flooded areas, not to swim in the waters of torrents and rains, and avoid sitting in the stomachs of the valleys, and not risking to cross the valleys While running, keep children away from swamps, and in case of lightning strikes, radio or mobile phone should not be used.
Parents' entry with their children in places of torrents and valleys, or camping, is a sign of neglect and abuse.
3 years imprisonment and a fine of 5000 dirhams. A penalty for anyone who accompanies children to places that may threaten their lives or affect their health.