Annual report of the Victims’ Commissioner 2020 to 2021
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Victims' Commissioner Annual Report 2020/21 (PDF, 9.8 MB)
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Overview
The second Annual Report from Dame Vera Baird QC covers the period from April 2020 to March 2021.
This report includes:
- The Victims’ Commissioner’s vision for reconceptualising the status of victims;
- An in-depth review of the government’s end-to-end rape review;
- An overview of the challenges facing the courts system following the pandemic;
- Calls for the government to undertake an independent review into domestic homicide sentencing;
- Recommendations for the government to take forward to tackle anti-social behaviour.