… says method can cut backlog of cases, deliver timelier justice EVEN as government remains committed to ensuring that mediation is utilised in the judicial process, there are attorneys within the legal fraternity who are not embracing the method in a conciliatory mindset. This came
Survivors of rape and sexual abuse have accused police officers and medical examiners of being dismissive and rough when interacting with them—causing them to relive their trauma, perceiving them to be lying and sometimes leading to them not pursuing their complaints. This was the word
The problems faced by the justice system in its management of sexual offences and the treatment of complainants are multi-faceted and therefore require a multi-sectoral solution. Chairman of the Sexual Offences Advisory Committee Justice Maureen Rajnauth-Lee said yesterday that this was the main reason behind
RAPE victims have complained of being re-traumatised during the encounters with police who do not believe them, insensitive doctors who examine them and defence attorneys who ask humiliating questions, reported Rape Crisis Society management member Marian Taylor. She was speaking yesterday at the launch of
ATTORNEY General Faris Al-Rawi said an in-house court is coming for the Maximum Security Prison (MSP), Arouca, in “short measure.” He was speaking yesterday at the launch of Model Guidelines for Sexual Offence Cases in the Caribbean Region at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Port of
ATTORNEY General Faris Al-Rawi says 15,000 DNA kits are en route to TT and regulations to bring DNA legislation to life will be laid in the Parliament this Friday. He was speaking yesterday at the launch of Model Guidelines for Sexual Offence Cases in the
By mid-year, a court will be set up in Antigua and Barbuda that will specifically handle all sexual offences. This was disclosed by Dr. Penny Reedie, director of the JURIST Project, at yesterday’s launch ofthe model guidelines for Sexual Offences Cases in the Caribbean Region.
Antigua and Barbuda will be the very first Caribbean country to establish a Sexual Offenses Court, the government has announced. It means that people who are charged with a sexual offense will have their matters more quickly adjudicated in a courthouse that is separate from
