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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 ...
12 Apr
Parliamentary report exposes broken justice system for rape survivors
The Home Affairs Committee has today (12th April 2022) published its report on the investi...
25 Feb
Police and CPS failing rape survivors, inspectorates find
Today (25th February 2022), the HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Serv...
27 Jan
Highest number of rape and sexual offences on record, while charging plummets
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has today (27th January 2022) released its latest...