UK 'should follow Ireland by making it mandatory to report child abuse'

Ireland celebrate the consecration of the referendum on children's rights in the Constitution

The UK should follow the Irish Republic is ready to make a report on the alleged ill-treatment required by law, according to the Children's Alliance based in Dublin Photography.

Ireland held a referendum on Saturday, which aims to defend the rights of children in the country's constitution.

Since the 1990s, Ireland experienced a painful catharsis regarding child abuse widespread sexual and physical abuse in what was once revered institutions of church and state. The Republic has published 14 reports of high power damage to the abuse and exploitation of children in the church, orphanages, industrial schools and parishes.

• Tanya Ward, executive director of the Alliance for Children's Rights, whose offices are just a few hundred meters from the gates of the Irish parliament, said the UK could learn a lot from the Irish experience to deal with a legacy of systematic violence.
reference to 14 separate reports to Irish child abuse scandal, said Ward. "If there is a common theme in these reports ... is that institutions put their own interests before those children certainly the situation in Ireland we faced in terms of violence that continued industrial places such as schools and orphanages is eerily similar to what emerges today [ the United Kingdom]. "

She said the 1937 Irish Constitution had to be amended because they put more emphasis on the protection of personal information and the authority of the family of the rights of the child. In some cases, Ward said, which led to social workers and other authorities in Ireland are in the investigation of child abuse in families.

Ward cited

future legislation on the merits of the constitutional amendment, he spent Saturday on the presentation of child abuse as a lesson for the United Kingdom.

"If people vote yes on the rights of children, Saturday will be enshrined in the Constitution and is an important step for us, because then there will be legislation making it mandatory to report any complaint of abuse of a child. For people who work with children who are now required by law to report any concerns the children to express themselves. Upon receipt of a credible report that a child or young person has been a victim of violence must now go by the law of the Gardaí and other competent authorities. Such a law could make a difference in the UK too, "Ward said.

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