Explain The Importance Of Consent In Research

Consent is a voluntary agreement, permission or compliance. During examination of a case of sexual abuse, the police need to be informed and consent is a must. Consent for medical examination may be obtained from the child if he/she is more than 12 years of age but if it is not so then from parents or relatives and if they are not available then local guardian such as school teacher.
Consent is also required for evidence collection, treatment, photography, police intimation apart from examination, No Court or police permission is required for medical examination of a child sexual abuse victim .The Police intimation also requires consent as per section 164 A CrPC (but section 19 POCSO says mandatory reporting even when not consented).In such cases an informed refusal should be noted as per MoHFW Guidelines.
Investigation of a child sexual abuse case It is difficult to successfully prosecute an abuser because victims are young and have a difficult time giving testimony about sensitive and traumatic incidents in
It is a serious infringement of a child’s rights to health and protection. There is need to gear up the pace of delivery of child sexual abuse prevention and protection services for making children educated, healthy, happy and access to opportunities and developing them as the country's greatest human resource .It is also essential to have better implementation of different policy and legislations at the grassroots level and ensuring a level of sensitivity in dealing with such cases. The procedures and environment need to be made more children friendly and the burden to prove innocence must be shifted to the offender to increase conviction in child sexual abuse cases. Child sexual abuse is a process and not a one off incident so there is need to deal with the process effectively and by