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Victims’ Commissioner responds to the Court of Appeal judgement
Dame Vera Baird responds to the judgement in the judicial review of the prosecution of rape and serious sexual offences and calls for the government's end-to-end rape review to now deliver "deep and meaningful change".
Ministry of Justice to review laws that see domestic abuse victims get ‘disproportionately high’ sentences for acting in self-defence
Dame Vera Baird and Nicole Jacobs welcome moves by the Lord Chancellor to review sentencing for women who use weapons in self-defence against their abusers
Victims’ Commissioner welcomes government commitment to consult on community-based domestic abuse services
Dame Vera Baird "really pleased" by government move to consult on community-based domestic abuse services as part of the Victims Law consultation
Response to domestic homicide shows “a culture of misogyny in the criminal justice system,” say Commissioners
Writing to Ministers on International Women’s Day, the Domestic Abuse Commissioner and Victims Commissioner outline their concerns on sentencing and call for every domestic homicide to be subject to an independent review
Victims’ Commissioner backs Sudden Bereavement Charter in letter to CEO
In a letter to Mary Williams, Sudden CEO, Dame Vera Baird lends her support to Sudden's Bereavement Charter, as new analysis shows unexpected deaths triple.
Victims’ Commissioner welcomes Government’s new clauses to the Domestic Abuse Bill and urges them to go further
The Victims' Commissioner congratulates the Government on listening to domestic abuse campaigners in adding new laws to Domestic Abuse Bill, and urges further steps.
Victims’ Commissioner responds to Law Commission proposals around intimate image based abuse
Dame Vera Baird says it is “imperative” intimate image abuse is made a criminal offence and welcomes Law Commission proposals.
Use new Victims Law to transform victims’ rights and reposition victims as participants – not bystanders – in our justice system, says Victims’ Commissioner
Victims’ Commissioner publishes new paper setting out her ambitions for long-awaited Victims’ Law and calls for criminal justice agencies to be more accountable and for victims to be accorded “participants’ rights".
Victims’ Commissioner responds to HMCPSI consultation on draft business plan for 2021-2022
Dame Vera Baird welcomes the plans, which outlines proposals to undertake an inspection of the service received by victims and witnesses throughout the court process.
Baroness Williams responds to Victims’ Commissioner on the recording of hate crime
The Home Office Minister has responded to the Victims’ Commissioner’s letter regarding police recording of hate crimes.