Prosecutor General’s office: improvement of legislation will make it difficult to involve children in illegal activities

It is important not only to stop an already committed offense, but also to minimize the potential risk of such crimes in the future. This opinion today, November 10, at a press conference in the press center of the House of Press expressed senior prosecutor on special assignments of the Office of the Prosecutor General Roman Sidorenko, writes sb.by.

The human rights function of the prosecutor’s office is not limited only to measures to influence specific violations of the law. An important preventive component of the work of the supervisory authority is to respond promptly to new challenges and systemic violations that affect the rights of citizens.

Belarusian legislation is regularly improved to meet modern threats, Roman Sidorenko said:

- At the initiative of the Prosecutor General’s Office, amendments were made to the law “On the Rights of the Child”, which entered into force on January 17 this year. They will minimize the destructive impact of the Internet on minors and reduce the opportunities to use it to involve teenagers in illegal activities. Thus, the law provides for the obligation of parents to ensure the protection of children from information disseminated on the Internet and harmful to their health and development. And state bodies, other organizations are obliged to provide information and advisory assistance to parents, guardians or guardians in the implementation of measures to protect children from such information.

In addition, at the initiative of the Prosecutor General’s Office, a set of measures to ensure the information security of minors was approved at a meeting of the National Commission on the Rights of the Child last year. It provides, among other things, the creation of children’s tariff plans and SIM cards, the introduction of recommendations for the use of such products by minors. The Prosecutor General’s Office warned of criminal liability for a new form of revenge of teenagers to their enemies gorbatenko@sb.by