Why do people stand by while others are in danger?
A look at the bystander effect and whether the law can increase interventions.
Are people more likely to help if they see it as their duty rather than just goodwill?
Would the epilogue be different if there was nobody but one person passing by?
It is unfortunate that it took a tragic event such as the death of a person for society to realize that providing help to those in need when passing them is not only a moral duty but also a legal one.
Furtuna Sheremeti
Furtuna Sheremeti is a criminologist and legal scholar specializing in state crime, state harms, transitional justice and international criminal law. She holds an MSc in Criminology and Criminal Justice from the University of Oxford and is completing her PhD at KU Leuven in Belgium. She teaches at the Faculty of Law at the University of Prishtina and serves as a legal consultant to Rexhep Selimi’s defense team before the Kosovo Specialist Chambers in The Hague.
DISCLAIMERThe views of the writer do not necessarily reflect the views of Kosovo 2.0.
This story was originally written in English.