YES - Sheryl Burton, director of social inclusion, National Children's Bureau
It is against the UN recommendations that the privacy of the child should be ensured, which is in line with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and their families at risk of harm.
If a young person is identified there is nothing to say others will not see it as their right to take action against them.
Media campaigns such as that for Sarah's Law have produced issues of mistaken identity and depending on how hot an issue it is, similar problems could happen. It could work against community relations.
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