Until 15:30 @ Eversheds, 1 Callaghan Square, Cardiff CF10 5BT
Are you interested in holding the state to account to stop violence against women and girls?
Please join us to welcome the Centre for Women’s Justice to Wales and explore what we can do together to use the law to challenge state failures around violence against women.
You are invited to a seminar that will bring together survivors, activists, women’s sector groups, academics and others concerned with violence against women and girls to explore with lawyers how to hold the state to account and challenge discrimination within the criminal justice system. There will be a series of presentations from lawyers and litigants who have brought legal challenges and from those on the frontline to describe some of the key challenges they face. A full programme will be available nearer the time.
The Centre for Women’s Justice includes lawyers who have been involved in cases concerning Welsh women such as:
- Emma Humphreys who was freed by the Court of Appeal in 1995 and whose case changed the law on provocation after a campaign led by Justice for Women
- Michael v Chief Constable of South Wales, a Supreme Court case concerning whether the police could be sued in negligence, after failing to prevent the murder of Joanne Michael
- The legal challenge against the Metropolitan police arising from undercover police officers forming fraudulent sexual relationships with female political activists (including several Welsh women)
- The police corruption scandal arising from the wrongful conviction of the ‘Cardiff Three’ for the murder of the prostituted woman, Lynette White
- And what can we do about Ched Evans and the alarming Court of Appeal ruling which allowed the complainant to be cross examined in detail about her previous sexual history?
The Centre for Women’s Justice is a new Charity which aims to advance the human rights of women and girls in England and Wales by:
- Holding the state to account for failures to prevent violence against women and girls
- Challenging discrimination against women and girls in the criminal justice system
The Centre will support individuals and groups that challenge institutions and laws that perpetuate violence against women by:
- Using strategic litigation
- Linking up lawyers, academics, NGOs and those on the frontline
- Providing advice and support for those involved in legal challenges
- Undertaking research and public education
Tickets: £5.00
Register online at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/centre-for-womens-justice-seminar-cardiff-tickets-28837613077
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