Bates Wells Braithwaite reports that the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) is actively considering the question of introducing mandatory reporting of child sexual abuse in England and Wales. The Inquiry has consulted with the Victims and Survivors Forum, a self-nominating group of victims and survivors of child sexual abuse, and has now published a summary of responses: Mandatory reporting of child sexual abuse: A survey of the Victims and Survivors Forum, in which the great majority of respondents from the Forum (88.6%) were in favour of introducing mandatory reporting. Continue reading →