Human Rights Violations Due to Bullying That Occurred in Elementary Schools

Abstract

Bullying is an act of hurting, disturbing, or intimidating someone repeatedly. Bullying can be done verbally or

non-verbally and also socially, bullying can not only be done with actions but giving some bad comments on

social media is also bullying. Bullying is usually done by a group of people or someone who has higher power or

position, in education itself, especially in elementary schools, the percentage of bullying itself is very high,

reaching 26% which is done intentionally or unintentionally. The effects of bullying itself on the victim can be

very influential starting from mental health, physical problems and sleep disorders, even worse, causing suicide,

while for the perpetrator, they will only get satisfaction for what they have done. Bullying is also a violation of

human rights (HAM) because bullying is an act that takes away a person's freedom to live within the protection

provided by the state, human rights (HAM) are a set of rights inherent in the nature and existence of humans as

creatures of God Almighty. Bullying can be included in serious human rights violations or can also be included

in minor human rights violations depending on the condition of the victim. The method used for this article is a

systematic literature review, the author traced 7 published articles that discussed this problem