The Campaign for Complainer Anonymity, which is led by law lecturers Dr Andrew Tickell and Seonaid Stevenson-McCabe and GCU students, seeks to reform the law relating to the reporting of cases in print and online.

Mainstream media convention dictates complainers are not named but there is no general legal prohibition in Scotland – unlike in the rest of the UK.

The SNP, Greens, Liberal Democrats and the Conservatives all included support for complainer anonymity in their Holyrood manifestos.

GCU students will undertake “comparative and empirical research” over the coming months, to “persuade” MSPs to change the law.

Ms Stevenson-McCabe said: “We believe that complainers in Scottish sexual offence cases deserve the right to automatic anonymity.

“A legal right to anonymity protects complainers’ privacy and dignity. We want to make sure this is a top law reform priority for Holyrood, informed by lessons learned from around the world.”

You can find out more about the campaign by visiting The Campaign for Complainer Anonymity and following @Campaign4CA.