You're reading: Ukraine court passes anti-bullying ruling for the first time

Khmelnytsky region’s Netishyn town court has issued a ruling to bring a person to administrative responsibility for bullying for the first time, the National Police’s media liaison office has reported.

“The victim of an upper-form pupil from a local school was his teacher. Bullying behavior included systematic harassment and psychological pressure by the pupil,” it said.

The teenager was found guilty of committing an administrative offense under Part 3 of Article 173-4 (bullying (harassment) of a participant in the educational process) of the Code of Ukraine on Administrative Offenses.

The pupil’s mother will have to pay a fine of Hr 850, or nearly $32.