We call for an official recognition of rape victims’ suffering. Ms G fled Uganda in 1989 following multiple attacks of rape and violence she suffered from soldiers. Here is the statement issued by Black Women’s Rape Action Project which marks an important legal precedent for rape survivors seeking asylum …
Should parliament prevent a victim’s sexual history being raised in court? An article in the Times argues the case for a change in priorities at every stage of the criminal justice process regarding the rape and sexual assault of women.
Juries are not to blame… As reported in the New Law Journal, there appears to be a bias refusal within the criminal justice system to arrest, investigate and convict men who are violent against women.
Article in Telepathy newsletter – outlining the support provided by WAR for survivors of rape. And examples of some of the legal cases we have worked on with women…
A wife has made legal history by successfully suing her husband for damages after he raped her. Husbands have been successfully criminally prosecuted for raping their wives, but lawyers believe that is the first time that a civil action for rape has been won.
Policy often divert attention from the real obstacles of justice which victims face. Such policies provide a smokescreen for the sexism, racism, class and other forms of discrimination. Read the article in New Law Journal in full below.
Extraordinary speech by Indian woman on village protests led by grassroots women against rape Caribbean Times (29 July 1997) reported: “Over 70 women and men from various nationalities gathered to discuss how ‘law and order’ legislation diverts attention from the real obstacles which victims face in getting justice from a discriminatory legal system. The Chhatisgarh …
We argue against new legislation regarding concsent cases. Our letter below outlines the intolerable ordeal rape survivors now face in trying to establish in court that they did not consent to sex.
Our opposition to the Law Commissions proposals on consent in rape law outlined in the New Law Journal, June 1997.
