Charities call for 'mandatory reporting' in the UK
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Lead by the National Association for People Abused in Childhood (NAPAC), a coalition of charities is calling for the Government to introduce ‘mandatory reporting’ in the UK. Under current legislation, reporting child abuse is purely discretionary. This means that if a teacher were to witness their colleague sexually abusing a young pupil they would be under no legal obligation to report the crime to their head teacher, Local Authority Designated Officer (LADO) or the police. The crime could q...
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