Community Empowerment
Volunteers, survivors, organisations, independent media and policy experts are campaigning, supporting and educating now to make the world a safer place, the justice system fairer and survivors more able to live their best lives.
Open Justice For All
Campaigning for:
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The Victims Code
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Include that victims have the right to attend trial after giving evidence.
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Include that victims have the right to attend the sentencing hearing.
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Policy & Practice
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Directions given to juries include that a victim attending trial after giving evidence should not impact their judgement.
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Training for justice agencies includes education regarding a victim’s right to attend the trial.
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Greater provision and awareness of technology to enable virtual attendance of hearings.
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For Magistrate Court cases to be recorded.
Take The Stand
A key podcast in the prevention space, Take The Stand airs Victim Impact Statements that never got read out in court as intended. Put together by a group of survivors united in their mission to share unheard voices, it records statements read aloud by survivors or others chosen by them.