Bangladesh will ban questions probing the “immoral character” of rape victims in criminal cases, authorities say, after a long campaign by rights groups against humiliating interrogations of ...

A person’s ‘good’ character will no longer be considered in sentencing for sexual crimes after the NSW Parliament passed laws today, including safeguard provisions that were supported by all ...

Banning judges from considering an offender's prior good character in sentencing is fraught with unintended consequences, an inquiry has been told. Reforms proposed by victim advocates and backed by ...

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The Queensland Sexual Assault Network, in a submission to the Australian Law Reform Commission’s inquiry into justice responses to sexual violence, has also called for the consideration of a civil ...

Anew report commissioned by the Bangladesh Legal Aid & Services Trust (BLAST) and the Thomson Reuters Foundation, provides an insight into the laws regarding use of character evidence about ...

A survivor advocate behind the campaign calling for good character references to be abolished in sentencing perpetrators of sexual offences has described the NSW reform as "an absolute victory". On ...

It is indeed a relief to know that section 155(4) of the Evidence Act that allows character evidence in rape cases will perhaps finally be removed. Rights activists had been protesting against the ...