Keir Starmer Calls For ‘Daniel Pelka’ Law To Make Reporting Child Abuse Mandatory

On Monday the Huffington Post covered fresh support for mandatory reporting:

Failing to report allegations of child sexual abuse should be made a criminal offence in Britain, the former director of public prosecutions has said.

Since the violent death of four-year-old Daniel Pelka, campaigners have called for a law to ensure teachers and carers who spot bruising and extreme hunger in children are obligated by law to report signs of abuse.

Keir Starmer believes it is time to “change the law” and said it should be “mandatory” to report allegations.

Read the full article online at Huffington Post.

By Natalie Brammer|November 5th, 2013|In the papers|0 Comments

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Why Daniel’s Law?

This aim of this campaign is to make it the law to come to the aid of children in distress by reporting child abuse, as it already is in many other countries.

Four-year-old Daniel Pelka was starved and mistreated in full view of his primary school teachers and teaching assistants, who observed his desperate attempts to forage for food, his severe weight-loss and the numerous bruises on his body, before his death at the hands of his mother and step-father.

Please sign the petition for a new law to help better protect vulnerable children like Daniel Pelka at www.change.org/danielslaw

Keir Starmer Calls For ‘Daniel Pelka’ Law To Make Reporting Child Abuse Mandatory