News 2003

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You can read our newsletter, Rape Crisis News, here as well as recent reports.This section will also be where you can find information about formal responses we and our member centres make to various consultation exercises carried out by national or local government and/or other agencies.

Rape Crisis News 1 Spring 04 (pdf)

Rape Crisis News 2 Summer 04 (pdf)

Rape Crisis News 3 Winter 04/05 (pdf)

Legal Seminar Summer 2004 (report downloadable in two parts from October news page)

Rape Crisis Scotland Annual Report 2003-2004 (pdf)

Our responses to consultations: ( 1st 3 are 'word' documents, next 3 'pdf'))

• Click here for our submission in November 2003 to the Parliament's Justice 1 Committee on the Criminal Procedure (Amendment) ( Scotland ) Bill. •  Click here for our updated briefing in November 2003 on the Vulnerable Witnesses ( Scotland ) Bill. •  Click here for our submission in Sept 2003 to the Parliament's Justice 2 Committee, on the Vulnerable Witnesses ( Scotland ) Bill. This was a joint submission with the Commission for Racial Equality Scotland and the Equality Network. •  Click here for our response in April 2003 to the Scottish Executive consultation Improving Practice: 2002 Review of the Practices and Procedure of the High Court of Justiciary.

• Click here for our response in January 2003 to the Scottish Executive consultation on Child Witness Support.

• Click here for our response in July 2002 to the Scottish Executive consultation Vital Voices, Helping Vulnerable Witnesses Give Evidence.

NB: You can find full details of such exercises, updates on subsequent Executive action and other useful related information on the Scottish Executive and Scottish Parliament websites http://www.scotland.gov.uk and http://www.scottish.parliament.uk by searching for ‘rape crisis’ or ‘sexual abuse’ or specific relevant terms, e.g. “vulnerable witnesses”.

Please note that not all the views expressed in items on these news pages will necessarily be the views of the Scottish Rape Crisis Network.