How to report for insults and threats

The Penal Code does not include a specific crime for insults. That is why insults should be included in the crime of insults . The crime of insults includes actions or expressions that offend or injure the dignity of another person. This type of crime does not distinguish whether these actions or expressions harm the victim in a public or private manner, and can be reported in any field in which they occur. In the following article, we explain how to denounce insults and threats .

Limits

This type of crime supposes a limit to the freedom of expression of the persons, since in this way it is prohibited that a person can insult freely to another without being imposed a penalty for the damage committed.

The Penal Code establishes as an indispensable requirement that the insults that are propitiated are popularly known as serious. Thus, all those insults discharged to a person other than those that are used in a common way, can not be considered as offense of insults.

Report of insults

Insults constitute a type of private crime . This means that only the person who has been offended can sue, the Public Prosecutor or the Judge or Court can not intervene ex officio, unless the offended party is a public official.

It is possible not to commit a crime of insult if it is possible to prove that the insults or accusations made are true.

How is it reported?

The complaint of insults and threats can be presented in different ways, these are the ones detailed below.

By phone

The crimes that can be reported by telephone are the following:

  • I steal with force.
  • Thefts.
  • Loss of documentation or belongings.
  • Damage.

By Internet

A complaint can not be made online when:

  • The complainant knows the identity of the offender.
  • The complainant has suffered intimidation or physical violence, as well as sexual crimes.
  • The police have participated in the arrest of the crime.
  • The complainant is a minor and, therefore, can not report online, as well as mentally disabled or people with dementia.

In police station

In this way, the complaint can be filed in the following ways:

  • Written: this modality requires the identification and signature of the person who carries it out. To file this type of complaint, it is necessary to identify with the DNI.
  • Verbal: the police responsible for drafting the report collects the facts and considerations described by the complainant. It is required to verify the identity of the person through the DNI.

Can you report insults and threats online?

The insults and threats made on the Internet, whether in social networks, blogs or forums, for example, are equally denounced. Moreover, those insults spilled in a wide-spread media have a greater penalty.

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