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Affirmative consent campaign calls for sexual assault law change in England and Wales – but this approach has pitfalls, too
Article originally appeared in The Conversation.
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Date published - 15/03/2024 Read article
Innovative Justice Responses for Non-recent Institutional Abuses: Reformative, Transformative and Transitional Justice
Much of the literature indicates that current legal systems premised on retributive justice are not adequately responding to the needs of victim/survivors.
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Date published - 13/03/2024 Read article
How the Conditional Immunity Scheme of the Independent Commission on Reconciliation and Information Recovery will work (or not)
Rather than promoting reconciliation, the conditional immunity scheme runs the risk of entrenching divided narratives of the past and undermining trust in public institutions says Professor Louise Malinder.
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Date published - 23/02/2024 Read article