He may reach ten years’ imprisonment and a fine of 150,000 euros when the facts have led the victim to commit suicide or to attempt to do so.
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“Harassment has no place in establishments” schools, hammered the Minister of Education. The Parliament adopted, after a final vote of the deputiesThursday 24 February, a bill carried by the presidential majority which creates an offense of school harassment. The latter was until then punishable under other heads, including moral harassment.
School harassment will be punishable by three years’ imprisonment and a fine of 45,000 euros when it causes total incapacity for work (ITT) less than or equal to eight days, or even if it has not led to ITT. The age of the author will be taken into account. The measure will be toughened if the ITT exceeds 8 days, and may even reach ten years’ imprisonment and a fine of 150,000 euros when the facts have led the victim to commit suicide or to attempt to do so. The author may be a student or an adult working in the establishment.
Nearly one in ten students is affected each year by school bullying, which can push the victim to end his life, as evidenced by several recent dramas such as the suicide of young Dinah in the Haut-Rhin in October.