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RAPE VICTIMS FORCED TO RELIVE ORDEALS COPS, MEDICS INSENSITIVE
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

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WE MUST MINIMISE THEIR TRAUMA
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

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TREATED LIKE CRIMINALS
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

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AG: 15,000 DNA KITS EN ROUTE TO TT
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

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MODEL GUIDELINES TO IMPROVE MANAGEMENT OF SEXUAL OFFENCE CASES
The Judicial Reform and Institutional Strengthening (JURIST) Project in collaboration with the judiciary of Jamaica launched the Model Guidelines for Sexual Offence Cases in the Caribbean Region. The launch was held on Friday, November 24, 2017 at the Pegasus Hotel in Kingston, Jamaica. Jamaica was

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BELIZE JUDICIARY TO HOST FIRST CONSULTATION ON SEXUAL OFFENCE CASES
The Judicial Reform and Institutional Strengthening (JURIST) Project is currently developing model guidelines for the handling of sexual offence cases and treatment of sexual offences, including children. In this regard, a consultant in the person of Ms. Diana Shaw has been engaged to conduct broad
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