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Fund improvements for victims reporting rape

Submitted by Alex Vaughan on Monday 13th January 2025

Published on Friday 7th March 2025

Current status: Closed

Closed: Sunday 7th September 2025

Signatures: 58

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Petition Action

Fund improvements for victims reporting rape

Petition Details

We want the government to follow the recommendations of the Victims Commission to increase the reach of operation Soteria, investigating the effectiveness of the justice process including the CPS.

Additional Information

Make Section 28 video testimony standard for rape cases. Increase police and court resources for speedier resolutions.

We feel that victims of rape are being scandalously failed by the justice system. More than 99% of rapes reported to police do not end in a conviction. We feel there are far too many delays, with cases usually taking more than a year, sometimes three. Trials can be postponed, sometimes on the day, often repeatedly. Victims can be retraumatised by the process, to the extent that many give up.

We think this situation is shameful and unacceptable.


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