Legal protection of children from cyber sexual harassment : a comparative study in the light of Egyptian and Algerian Penal Laws

Abstract EN

The study aimed at evaluating to what extent the legal protection for children from sexual harassment through the internet is according to Egyptian and Algerian Penal Laws.

The study used the comparative methodology to reach the targets in question.

To gather the required data, a review of literature was administered.

The study came to the conclusions that the Egyptian Penal Law implicitly protects children from sexual harassment through wire and wireless telecommunications.

However, this legal protection is not sufficient.

The study also concluded that the Algerian Penal Law paid special attention to protecting children from sexual harassment in comparison with its Egyptian equivalent.

Nevertheless, children are not sufficiently protected from sexual harassment that committed via the internet.

The study recommended that the Egyptian legislator ought to impose a tougher punishment for the crime of sexual harassment that committed against children.

It also recommended that the Algerian legislator ought to explicitly criminalises sexual harassment that is committed against children via the internet.