POSTED BY IN Featured ON Aug 7, 2019
It looks like rape is no longer a crime
The collapse in rape prosecutions calls for urgent leadership. The End Violence Against Women Coalition, a coalition of over 80 specialist women’s organisations, has written to Prime Minister Boris Johnson asking for immediate action following new Home Office statistics that show only 1.5 per cent of the rapes that are reported to the police are charged and go to trial. That is one in 65. The End Violence Against Women Coalition (EVAW) argues that this is, in effect, “a decriminalisation of...
POSTED BY IN Featured ON Aug 7, 2019
Policing protests: consultation needs input
They want to ensure that they can identify good practice based on the best available evidence. A long-awaiting consultation is underway on new guidance for policing protests: three years after a commitment to review the advice to officers, the College of Policing is seeking comments on two new documents, which it says reflect lessons from recent protests. The consultation invites feedback from people and organisations who have an interest in protests. The documents say the starting point for...
POSTED BY IN Featured ON Jul 15, 2019
Sexual harassment at work: consultation
Do the current laws on this issue provide the protections they are supposed to? Sexual harassment has been against the law for decades, and strong, clear laws against it are set out in the Equality Act 2010. Sexual harassment can include sexual comments or jokes; physical behaviour, including unwelcome sexual advances, touching and various forms of sexual assault; displaying pictures, photos or drawings of a sexual nature; and sending emails with a sexual content. The law says it is sexual...
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