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Stop Criminalising Survivors!

March 1, 2021 Nic Mainwood
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Centre for Women’s Justice has embarked on a project to challenge the unjust criminalisation of survivors of domestic abuse and other forms of VAWG whose alleged offending results from their experience of abuse.

Write to your MP now!

Please write to your MP now, asking them to write to the Secretary of State for Justice expressing your support for our proposed new statutory defences for survivors who offend due to their experience of domestic abuse. 

Find your MP’s details here

Act now, before the Bill’s Report stage begins on 8 March. Ask your MP to register for our parliamentary event on Thursday 4 March, hosted by Baroness Helena Kennedy QC and Jess Phillips MP, to find out more. MP registration link here

Template text for contacting your MP

(Word download here)

Dear [MP’s Name]

I am your constituent, and I am writing to you about the Domestic Abuse Bill.

I support the amendments to the Domestic Abuse Bill, tabled by Baroness Helena Kennedy QC, that would provide effective defences for survivors who offend due to their experience of domestic abuse. These provisions would modernise the law, deter inappropriate prosecutions and protect survivors from unjust treatment.  Please write to the Secretary of State for Justice expressing my support for these measures and asking him what he will do to ensure survivors are protected and not unjustly punished. You can find out more by attending the cross-party, joint parliamentary event which is being hosted by Baroness Helena Kennedy QC and Jess Phillips MP on Thursday 4 March, 6.00-7.00pm.  

Find out more about the Domestic Abuse Bill here and register for the event here.

I would be very grateful to know if you would write to the Secretary of State for Justice and would support an amendment to improve protection for victims of domestic violence in this way.

Kind regards

 

[Your Name]

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