The adoption of specific anti-bullying legislation, particularly on cyberbullying, is a relatively recent phenomenon. The absence of specific legislation does not necessarily indicate a legal vacuum, since States may address bullying using current provisions in their constitutional, criminal, civil and ...

The majority of countries around the world have legislation that sets a general minimum age of marriage at age 18 or above. However, legal exceptions are often foreseen, based on parental consent, authorisation from a court, or provided by customary ...

In Lesotho, the Child Welfare and Protection Act 2011 prohibits harmful practices, stating in section 16. (1) that “A child has a right to be protected from torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, including any cultural ...

Child abuse In March 2017, Chile passed Law 21.013 “Law on the abuse of children and adolescents, the elderly and persons with disabilities." This new law provides that an act of corporal abuse that is "relevant" within the meaning of the legislation ...

In Cambodia all acts provided in Article 3 of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography are criminalized. The Law-on-Suppression-of-Human-Trafficking-and-Sexual-Exploitationincludes the following provisions. 1) Offering: ...

The UN Study on Violence against Children urges States to: “prohibit all forms of violence against children, in all settings, including all corporal punishment, harmful traditional practices, such as early and forced marriages, female genital mutilation and so-called honour crimes, ...

Child Abuse Charges While all states have laws that govern physical attacks against children, such as battery or homicide, many others also have laws that specifically address child abuse. Though the language of these laws differs widely, they all prohibit ...

Child abuse occurs when a parent or caretaker physically, emotionally, or sexually abuses, neglects, or abandons a child. Laws regarding child abuse seek to protect children, while at the same time allowing parents the right to raise and discipline their children as ...

Division 2 Transfer of Obligations 175. Assumption of obligation (1) A third party may assume the obligation of an obligor on the basis of a contract entered into with the obligee whereby the third party assumes the position of the ...

Chapter 9 TRANSFER OF CLAIMS AND OBLIGATIONS  Division 1 Transfer of Claims  164. Assignment of claim (1) An obligee may transfer the claim thereof to another person on the basis of a contract in part or in full regardless of ...