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17 May
“New” Victims Bill proposals to safeguard rape survivors’ ther...
This week (16th May 2023), MPs debated the new Victims and Prisoners Bill at its Second Re...
21 Apr
CPS still failing rape and domestic abuse survivors
Yesterday (20th April 2023) the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has released its latest da...
27 Jan
Latest data shows highest number sexual offences on record, but our justice syst...
On 26th January 2023, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) released its latest crime f...
15 Dec
Police consider rape ‘regretful sex’, Operation Soteria finds
Today (15th December 2022) the government has published its Operation Soteria Bluestone on...
20 Oct
Latest CPS data shows a justice system still failing women, with an alarming dow...
Update (27th October 2022): The latest statistics from the Office for National Statistics ...
21 Jul
CPS data shows survivors still being failed as record numbers of sexual offences...
The latest Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) data released today, 21st July 2022, shows it i...
21 Jun
Victims’ Commissioner calls for radical transformation in our justice agencies
Today (21st June 2022), the Victims’ Commissioner Dame Vera Baird QC has released her annu...
16 Jun
One year on from the government’s rape review, little has changed for surv...
The government has today (16th June 2022) released a report on progress made against commi...
31 May
Information Commissioner warns excessive police data requests violate victims...
The Information Commissioner has today (31st May 2022) spoken out against the routine and ...
26 May
New CPS guidance will block rape victims from therapy
New Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) guidance and Attorney General Guidelines on Disclosure...
25 May
EVAW welcomes new Victims’ Bill, but calls for measures to go further to m...
The government has today (25th May 2022) published its long-awaited Victims’ Bill, aiming ...
29 Apr
Charities write open letter to Home Secretary calling for Operation Soteria find...
Update, 9th June 2022: Read the response from Rachel Maclean MP, Minister for Safeguarding...
21 Apr
Alarming drop in domestic abuse charging mirrors justice system treatment of rap...
Latest data shows CPS failing to meet its own targets to transform justice outcomes for ra...
20 Apr
MPs call for violence against women and girls to be addressed in the Online Safe...
At the Bill’s second reading yesterday, MPs from across the political spectrum called for ...