الملخص الإنجليزي
Folk medicine exists in various societies, and its methods vary in the
diversity of diseases suffered by the patient, and ironing comes one of these
popular practices. This study aimed to show the extent to which the penal
responsibility for the practice of traditional ironing on children in Omani law,
and it followed the comparative analytical approach, by comparing the
Omani legislator with the Saudi legislator and the Bahraini legislator, and to
identify and analyze the penal texts.
The study found that there is no justification the practice of traditional
ironing on children in its traditional and purely form at present because the
development of medicine and the diversity of treatment methods which are
appropriate to the age and body of the child.
Modern medicine has recognized the effectiveness of ironing, but using safe
and less painful means, and international conventions on child health,
including the Convention on the Rights of the Child, have taken care of
certain health rights closely related to the treatment and health rights of the
child.
Based on the results of the study, a number of recommendations have been
formulated, the most important of which isthe formulation of an independent
legal framework for penal liability arising from traditional medicine in
Oman, and the establishment of a private institution to monitor and supervise
the practices of popular medicine in Oman.
