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28 July 2021Blog: Stalking During Covid-19
Marking 35 years since the disappearance of Suzy Lamplugh, the Victims' Commissioner looks at the statistics around stalking during the…
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22 July 2021CPS data shows how far government has to go to meet promises to rape victims
Victims’ Commissioner criticises the CPS as she says "it is hard to see even the green shoots of a recovery"…
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21 July 2021Victims Law: Victims must be participants in the justice system – not onlookers
In her 2020/21 Annual Report, Dame Vera Baird sets our her vision for reconceptualising the status of victims in the…
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21 July 2021Courts backlog: Justice delayed is justice denied
In her 2020/21 Annual Report, Dame Vera Baird reflects on the Crown Court backlog of cases and its impact on…
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21 July 2021Rape Review: An extraordinary mea culpa can’t disguise serious compromise
In her 2020/21 Annual Report, Dame Vera Baird reflects on the government's end-to-end rape review.
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21 July 2021Dame Vera Baird publishes her second annual report: “It has without doubt been an eventful year for victims and witnesses”
"This is a fascinating and challenging role, which I am privileged to have. Much has been done and much remains…
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8 July 2021Radical action needed to tackle crime epidemic against women and girls – HMICFRS report
Responding to the report's findings, Dame Vera Baird praises the "ambition" and calls for VAWG to be a strategic policing…
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17 June 2021
Rape review: Ministers’ apologies are “welcome,” but action plan has “serious limitations”
"We have to seize this moment if we are to escape this crisis on our justice system," says Victims' Commissioner,…
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9 June 2021WATCH VC Webinar: Next steps for special measures
The Victims’ Commissioner and her team held a live discussion and Q&A of her new review of special measures on…