In doing research for our upcoming legal challenge in support of Naturism in Canada, we came across something quite amazing from the United Kingdom. Earlier this year, British Naturism, working with the College of Policing, had the Policing Manual updated to include new direction on public nudity and the clear conclusion that non-sexual nudity is lawful. From the preamble (emphasis added):

In the lawful situation where there is an absence of any sexual context in relation to nudity and where the person does not intend the behaviour to be, and is not aware that it may be disorderly, it will not be appropriate to take any police action.

The British Naturism legal team has written a detailed blog post on how they were able to achieve this. We at CNR love the approach as it worked respectfully and constructively with key stakeholders to align on a new interpretation of the law, that was then communicated nationally and in a consistent manner.

Check out the resulting UK College of Policing briefing note (and handy flow charts) here.