Chief Constable of Devon and Cornwall Police apologises to nine women who reported police perpetrated abuse as their landmark human rights claim is settled
CWJ backs “Bee’s Law”: for better investigations into ‘fallen women’ deaths
CWJ regulatory information
Rape victims to have their own lawyers for the first time
Criminal justice for domestic abuse-related suicide victims must not be sacrificed in forthcoming Supreme Court review of homicide law
Super-complaint launches over systemic failings to police image-based abuse
Justice for victims of extreme male violence and sexual exploitation who were criminalised
Centre for Women’s Justice to deliver first ever national Independent Legal Advice service for victim-survivors of rape and sexual violence
Centre for Women’s Justice is excited to announce that it will be leading the delivery of a new national free Independent Legal Advice service for adult victim-survivors of rape and sexual assault. We will be supported by partners Rape Crisis England and Wales and Victim Support.
Nominations are open for the 2026 Emma Humphreys Memorial Prize and Centre for Women’s Justice Award
CWJ response to the introduction of specialist rape and sexual offences courts in England and Wales
When privacy is prioritised over protection
How a drug rape victim took on the police to help them get their priorities right.
Simon Levy sentencing: Appalling failings across the criminal justice system
CWJ statement on the unprecedented contempt proceedings faced by Rajiv Menon KC
Government must now set out bold commitments to protect victims of VAWG from unjust criminalisation, or risk failing to reduce women’s imprisonment
CWJ responds to inspectorate’s findings that MI5 ‘lied’ to courts
CWJ comment: Ruth Ellis given a conditional pardon
IPCO report confirms 'serious failings’ by MI5 to manage the risks its agent posed to women
Government announcement to increase minimum sentencing for domestic murders is ill thought out and will have unintended consequences particularly for victims who kill their abuser
Individuals who kill their partner or ex-partner in the home may become subject to a higher baseline starting point for sentencing, under new plans announced on 29 June by the Ministry of Justice.
Stacey Hyde case featured in Channel 4’s ‘The Accused: Beyond Reasonable Doubt’, 25 June, 10pm
Stacey Hyde’s case will be featured in the new Channel 4 series The Accused: Beyond Reasonable Doubt, airing at 10pm on Thursday 25 June. The episode tells the story of Stacey, who was just 17 when, in 2009, she stabbed and killed Vince Francis during a violent incident in which she said she was acting in defence of herself and her friend. She was convicted of murder in March 2010.
Support Lisa Ellwood's appeal
Lisa Ellwood is serving a life sentence for murder – after a life marked by abuse, severe mental ill-health, and a trial in which the jury were denied the benefit of psychological opinion evidence. Her appeal will be heard on 26 June 2026.