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Protecting Private “Third Party” Records Rape Trials – Recent Developments in British Columbia

We have asserted and won in law at least that privacy is not just an individual victim’s right but a constitutional Charter right which is fundamental to women’s equality — to have access to a safe space where you can tell your experience of male violence is at the very core of every rape crisis centre’s existence.

By Louisa Russell
April 9, 2018
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Statistics about Sexual Assault and the Canadian Criminal Justice System

Less than half (43%) of sexual assault incidents reported to police resulted in a charge being laid; of these, half (49%) proceeded to court; of which just over half (55%) led to a conviction; of which just over half (56%) were sentenced to custody in a correctional centre.

2018
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Opinion: The Criminal Justice System is Failing Women

The way to shake the pillars of the rape structure is by holding men who commit violence against women accountable. So far, the criminal justice system has been failing to do so.

November 17, 2017
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Bill C-51: Vancouver Rape Relief’s submission to the Committee on Justice and Human Rights, House of Commons

We believe men can change, but not as long as they get permission and encouragement to violate our bodily integrity and autonomy. We need to shake the pillars of the rape structure and start by holding men who commit violence against women accountable. So far, the Canadian state and its criminal justice system has been failing to do so.

By Hilla Kerner
October 25, 2017
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Professor Janine Benedet on the case against Judge Camp
December 3, 2016
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Vancouver Rape Relief’s Response to Police-Reported Crime Statistics in Canada, 2011

It is clear that while women trust women’s services to assist them after being attacked, they obviously do not trust the state agent that is responsible to protect women from male violence, the police.

By Hilla Kerner
July 25, 2012
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Vancouver Rape Relief Statement about Sexual Harassment in the RCMP

The message to women is “don’t you dare complain about sexual harassment”. The RCMP want women to suck it up and shut up. Otherwise, you will be trashed and accused of lying or being mentally ill.

By Hilla Kerner
July 18, 2012
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Press Release: Vancouver Rape Relief Condemns Prosecution of Battered Woman in the Supreme Court of Canada

In Nicole Ryan’s case, she was separating from her husband and we know from our work with battered women that women are tremendously vulnerable to retaliation while separating from an abusive man. Criminalizing Ms. Ryan for her attempt to protect herself and her daughter is effectively punishing her for the state's failure.

June 12, 2012
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Production of Records in Sexual Offence Proceedings – Submission to the Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs
By Lee Lakeman
October 26, 2011
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The VPD review of the Mistakes in the Cases of the Missing Women and the Pickton Murders

The missing were Women, many Aboriginal Women, the friends and neighbours and even beat cops who reported them gone feared Violence against Women. Those fears were based on the vulnerability of women in prostitution, the violence of men buying sex, the viciousness of sexualized racism toward Aboriginal women on Vancouver streets and the prevalence of all forms of Violence against Women. Their fears have been proved horribly insightful.

By Lee Lakeman
August 22, 2010
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