Australia is ready for new laws to hold institutions criminally responsible for child sexual abuse, a report says. In a comprehensive examination of the country's criminal justice
system, the sex abuse royal commission says Australian law punishes
individual offenders but not organisations.
The report outlines possible new offences to cover organisational criminal liability for institutional abuse, which would make it less likely an organisation could plead that it, too, was a victim of rogue behaviour.
http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2015/07/20/abuse-crime-laws-must-target-institutions
The report outlines possible new offences to cover organisational criminal liability for institutional abuse, which would make it less likely an organisation could plead that it, too, was a victim of rogue behaviour.
http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2015/07/20/abuse-crime-laws-must-target-institutions