ABSTRACT
The naming and shaming of children and young people involved in the youth justice system was, until relatively recently, deemed to be largely unacceptable. Under the provisions of the Children and Young Person Act 1933, the presumption of privacy in reporting on court proceedings for children in trouble was clearly established. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Article 40(2)(vii)) also provides for the privacy of children and young people in the justice system ‘at all stages of the proceedings’.
