جريمة التحرش الجنسي بالأطفال في التشريعين الجزائري و التونسي

Abstract EN

The crime of sexual harassment of children is one among the newly criminalized offenses, as the Algerian legislator did not address it except under the order No.

15/19 amending andsupplementing the Penal Code, after several amendments that touched the articles related tochild protection.

As for the Tunisian legislation, it was criminalized according to the Basic Law No.

73 in 2004 of August 2, 2004, and the chapter was amended by the Basic Law No.

58 of 2017, related toeliminating violence against women.

This criminalization was nothing but a belief by thecriminal legislator of the seriousness of the act and the extent of the harm it causes to the child.

In light of the issue of the young age of the victim, which does not qualify him to practice judicial procedures by himself, the criminal legislator assigned this task to the child's parentor guardian.

He granted a privilege to the victim child, who, after reaching adulthood, can follow the offender himself.

Key words: sexual harassment, child, victim, Algerian legislation, Tunisianlegislation