Emotional Abuse of a Minor

Emotional Abuse of a Minor (Code: BMM Code § 713.182) is a branch of Child Abuse and Neglect charges within multiple wizarding jurisdictions.

Creation and Enactment
In 1717, following the Unforgivable Curses Act, a federal law was passed by the British Ministry of Magic protecting minors under 17 (later to be 21) from being harmed emotionally in any way possible. At the time of its initial enactment, it is a Class A Misdemeanor. This would later be adapted by the Magical Congress of the United States of America in 1877. Following the end of the First Wizarding War, the law has been expanded upon to be enforced, mainly in the Southeast Asia countries, including the Democratic People's Republic of Wizarding Korea, which enacted the law in 1984 by Kim Hyo-Sonn, then-Minister for Magic at the time.

First Revision (2018)
On November 30, 2018, the International Confederation of Wizards, with support from the Roman Catholic Church, revised the charges by adding new offenses to the charges, including obstruction of mating as a crime under BMM Code § 713.182.

2020 Coronavirus Pandemic
On May 31 2020, the United Nations has upgraded BMM Code § 713.182 to a Class A Felony after reports of depression and suicide are present due to the COVID-19 crisis response, especially in the United States.

Second Revision (2021)
"Following the attack against Anastasia Mikhailov, a sixth year at Koldovstoretz School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and an unidentified muggle-born in a similar timeframe in the United States, the British Ministry of Magic will therefore request the immediate revision of the law once again to heavily condemn those who attack minors to the point where they are hospitalized, by any means whatsoever. Under this same revision, judicial systems within the Confederation are permitted to issue the death penalty to those who violate this provision with full intent to threaten the lives of others."

- Hermione Granger (Minister for Magic), announcing this revision in a statement

Following the attacks on Muggle-Born witches and wizards, which was executed by Jason Malfoy, a new offense has been added citing that any attack, whether physical or remote, that emotionally traumatizes a victim (if he/she is a minor) to the point of hospitalization will be prosecuted under BMM Code § 713.182, with very serious consequences attached to it. This revision allows judicial "entities" to issue the death penalty against serious violators under this law.

Trivia

 * Technically, there was no official revision during the coronavirus pandemic as all it changed is the severity of the violation.
 * In Potter's statement when proposing the second revision of the law, the unidentified muggle-born's identity has been censored by international governments due to an ongoing crisis involving [redacted] at the time of the statement being written.
 * In Mainland China and all of North Korea, the full name of (and all other information and material containing) the unidentified muggle-born in question is censored completely, and discussion of such is banned.