Improve access to justice for child victims

More needs to be done: Farah Nini says that services to support child victims, such as counselling, should be readily available and should cover an array of needs, including legal assistance during court proceedings. — Photo posed by model

thestarexculsivePETALING JAYA: The justice system needs to be more accessible to child victims in sexual abuse cases, says the Children’s Commissioner to the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam) Dr Farah Nini Dusuki.

She said that efforts had been made to improve the reporting of such cases for children, especially through cyber awareness programmes in schools, hotlines and helplines, hiring of more child protection officers as well as amendments to the child laws.