Council: UNHRC (United Nations Human Rights Committee)
Country: El Salvador
Delegate: Jouri Alhudaif
First issue: Ensuring children safety in the digital age regarding cyber-bullying, stalking and privacy invasions.
Cyber bullying is a form of harassment or bullying using electronic forms of contact. It is generally driven by anger; revenge or frustration and can lead to privacy invasions and stalking. Cyber bullying has become increasingly common, leaving thousands of people victims of this hate-driven act. It is a major concern for teenagers and kids of the digital age. Reasons for bullying could be powered by hatred towards a religion, skin color, race, culture or sexual orientation. The impacts of bullying are painful and often enduring, they can be even more debilitating than direct bullying, with victims feeling like there is no escape.
Moreover, the country of El Salvador undergoes multiple bullying experiences due to its position as a South American nation with gang violence. Reports say that one person at least dies every hour, and often it is girls who are victims. While this is just an extreme form of bullying, the less blatant form is still around in El Salvador. As elsewhere in the world, in El Salvador bullying is most common among 11-14 year old teenagers. In El Salvador …show more content…
The UN’s envoy on violence against children stated that bullying is a serious matter all around the world and it is weakening and compromising their right on education. Furthermore, the UN has contributed to solving this problem by adding the Convention on the Rights of the Child, a human rights treaty, which aims to set out the political, civil, health, social, economic and cultural rights for children, thus providing essential guidance to address and overcome this brutal
Country: El Salvador
Delegate: Jouri Alhudaif
First issue: Ensuring children safety in the digital age regarding cyber-bullying, stalking and privacy invasions.
Cyber bullying is a form of harassment or bullying using electronic forms of contact. It is generally driven by anger; revenge or frustration and can lead to privacy invasions and stalking. Cyber bullying has become increasingly common, leaving thousands of people victims of this hate-driven act. It is a major concern for teenagers and kids of the digital age. Reasons for bullying could be powered by hatred towards a religion, skin color, race, culture or sexual orientation. The impacts of bullying are painful and often enduring, they can be even more debilitating than direct bullying, with victims feeling like there is no escape.
Moreover, the country of El Salvador undergoes multiple bullying experiences due to its position as a South American nation with gang violence. Reports say that one person at least dies every hour, and often it is girls who are victims. While this is just an extreme form of bullying, the less blatant form is still around in El Salvador. As elsewhere in the world, in El Salvador bullying is most common among 11-14 year old teenagers. In El Salvador …show more content…
The UN’s envoy on violence against children stated that bullying is a serious matter all around the world and it is weakening and compromising their right on education. Furthermore, the UN has contributed to solving this problem by adding the Convention on the Rights of the Child, a human rights treaty, which aims to set out the political, civil, health, social, economic and cultural rights for children, thus providing essential guidance to address and overcome this brutal