A national protocol for Child Advocacy Centres (CACs), which was signed in December, will see ensure uniformity in their operations and procedures, a press release from the Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) said.
The release said that according to the protocol, the objective of the CACs is to provide services for sexually abused children and their families. It explained that the CAC is a child-focused, facility-based programme in which representatives from various disciplines will collaborate to conduct interviews with children who have been sexually abused and for them to make team decisions about the investigation including forensic interviews, treatment, management and prosecution of child sexual abuse cases.
It was noted that DPP Shalimar Ali-Hack signed on to the protocol, which was issued by Ministry of Social Protection, along with representatives of Guyana Police Force, the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Public Health, and
