15 Child Risk Situations

Egypt’s Child Law identifies 15 situations in which a child is considered at risk: 1. Their safety, morals, health, or life is threatened. 2. They are exposed to danger, neglect, abuse, violence, exploitation, or homelessness because of their upbringing circumstances. 3. They are deprived, without justifiable reason, of the custody of either parent or of seeing either parent. 4. The person responsible for supporting them, their parents, or their guardian abandons their responsibilities. 5. They are deprived of basic education or their educational future is threatened. 6. They are incited to violence or to acts contrary to public morals or involving pornography, or are exposed to commercial exploitation, harassment, sexual exploitation, or the unlawful use of alcohol or drugs. 7. They engage in begging, including by selling goods or providing trivial services. 8. They collect cigarette butts or rubbish. 9. They have no stable place of residence or sleep on the streets. 10. They associate with delinquents or suspected offenders. 11. They engage in misconduct and defy their guardian’s authority. 12 and 13. They have no lawful means of livelihood and no trustworthy person to support them; this condition appears twice in the text. 14. They have an illness or impairment that affects their perception or ability to make choices and threatens their safety or that of others. 15. They are under the age of seven and commit an act that constitutes a felony or misdemeanor. Anyone who exposes a child to any of these situations is punishable by imprisonment for at least six months and a fine of between 2,000 and 5,000 Egyptian pounds, or by either penalty, except in cases involving deprivation of custody or visitation and abandonment of the child.

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