News 2004
Welcome
to the news section of our website. We intend this to cover a range
of news, events, developments, policy statements and information. Please
feel free to email us with information which you think would be of interest
to our visitors, although unfortunately we cannot guarantee to put it
on the website.
In 2005 we will send out occasional information mailings by email
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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.
