Criminal Responsibility to Protect the Child from the Dangers of the Virtual World after COVID-19; a Study from UAE Federal Legislation

Abstract

The UAE has taken care of children in various fields, for example, the establishment of motherhood and childhood councils and the Arab Parliament for the child, but the federal legislation still needs to enact laws that simulate the virtual world and protect the child from the dangers of the virtual world—determining criminal responsibility for exposing the child to dangers through the virtual world. After COVID-19, Education has become between physical, hybrid, and online. In this case, the child must simulate the virtual world to cancel an education through the virtual world. Who is responsible for protecting the child from the dangers of this world? Is the family? Or the school by setting a code to only direct entry to educational programs. The research relied on a qualitative research approach. It is suggested that a state cyber-safety strategy should be developed on which schools can center their rules, making it much simpler for stockholders to deal with cyberbullying and assure cyber-safety. Schools must emphasize teachers and their position in the approach and the level of power they have when intervening to prevent their kids from cyber-risks and cyberbullying both within and outside the school grounds while designing their cyber-safety rules. Because of its growing importance, schools should be urged to consider cyber-safety measures. Schools should conduct standard operating research, include all community stockholders in policy development, and evaluate their practices regularly. Furthermore, schools must verify that their rules are integrated and in line to prevent dispute and decrease repetition.

Keywords: COVID-19, virtual learning, criminal behaviour, students’ cyber-safety, UAE, school education