This week’s episode focuses on the ongoing work of the UK’s largest ever public inquiry, the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (https://www.iicsa.org.uk/) or IICSA. IICSA is charged with discovering what went wrong in numerous institutions, including the Anglican church, where for decades ordained ministers sexually abused children and young people with impunity, covering-up their crimes and ignoring complaints. Julie was one of those abused as a young person and this podcast includes portions of her testimony to IICSA in March (with thanks to Mandate Now http://mandatenow.org.uk/ for providing the audio), as well as a reflection on the process with her lawyer, David Greenwood, and finally a comment from Gilo, a survivor of abuse himself and a leading activist, on the day that IICSA published its Interim Report.
In other news: The National Action Committee on Access to Justice has released their report on Canada’s progress toward A2J in 2017, and has listed NSRLP as a contributor to its justice development goals; and the Canadian Bar Association has released a new report on the role of lawyers in the justice system when considering the rise of self-represented litigants.
Related Links:
Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse
Mandate Now – UK pressure group
Other News:
NAC’s Justice Development Goals report for 2017
Summary table of NAC’s Justice Development Goals
CBA report on the role of lawyers when considering the rise of SRLs in our justice system
