2025 GBC Resolution
Dated: February 21, 2025
The GBC recognizes that its resolution dated January 3, 2025, has met with mixed response from the Regional Governing Bodies and Regional Child Protection Offices around the world. We also recognize that the SABHA officially returned the proposal, as SABHA is empowered to do, and asked for the GBC to reconsider it.
After reviewing the SABHA, RGB, and local CPO concerns, we modify our previous January 3 decision with the following additional resolution:
Now, therefore, IT IS RESOLVED:
1. The Minister of Justice will serve as the transitional ICPO Director for a period of 3-9 months.
2. A comprehensive handover process by the current ICPO Director to the transitional ICPO Director shall be conducted. This process shall include, but is not limited to, the transfer of all case file notes, status reports, and contact information for panelists and investigators, with particular attention to incomplete case files. Additionally, all relevant databases—covering complaints, offenders, Child Protection Teams (CPTs), and panelists—must be fully transferred by the current ICPO Director to the transitional ICPO Director, to ensure continuity and oversight.
3. During this transitional time, the Child Protection Oversight Committee (CPOC) is directed to:
(a) Engage in further consultation with the regional CPO directors, RGBs, and other stakeholders;
(b) Implement the new enhanced approach parallel with the existing ICPO model and Guidelines using cases reported after 1 March 2025, in consultation with the transitional ICPO director and the applicable regional CPO directors, to test the enhanced model, identify problems, and further refine the model;
c) Give special consideration to issues raised regarding professional investigators; cross jurisdictional issues; inconsistent standards, definitions and response to abuse across regions; regional case review bias; revision/update of existing CPO Policies and Guidelines; funding; etc.;
(d) Establish regional CPOs in areas where none exist and, where necessary, form collaborative relationships between regional CPOs as well as deploy resources where needed;
(e) Provide feedback and results from the trial period to the GBC by no later than October 30, 2025 as to the readiness of the existing CPOs to implement the enhanced approach.
February 21, 2025
ISKCON Mayapur Dham
Source https://iskconnews.org/gbc-revises-resolution-on-child-protection/
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