Sexual Assault Trials and the Role of the Complainant
Conf茅rence comm茅morative Patricia Allen avec la professeure , 贵补肠耻濒迟茅 de droit Schulich, Universit茅 Dalhousie, qui examinera les fa莽ons dont la profession juridique et le processus de justice p茅nale contribuent inutilement au traumatisme de nombre de femmes ayant subi une agression sexuelle.
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[En anglais seulement] Less than one percent of the sexual assaults that occur each year in Canada result in legal sanction for those who commit these offences. In part this is because over ninety percent of sexual assaults in Canada go unreported. One of the main reasons women do not report their experiences of sexual violence stems from distrust and fear the criminal justice process. Unfortunately, these fears are well founded. This talk will examine the ways in which the legal profession unnecessarily contributes to the trauma of the trial for many of those who testify as sexual assault complainants. Relying on trial transcripts, interviews with experienced lawyers across Canada, reported case law, lawyer memoirs, and public statements by the defence bar, the talk will explore avenues to improve the experience of complainants without eroding the constitutionally protected rights of the accused.
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[En anglais seulement] Elaine Craig is an associate professor at Schulich School of Law where she teaches constitutional law and gender, sexuality and law. She is the author of Troubling Sex: Towards a Legal Theory of Sexual Integrity (UBP Press, 2012) and Putting Trials on Trial: Sexual Assault and the Failure of the Legal Profession (McGill-Queens University Press, 2018).
Conf茅rence comm茅morative Patricia Allen
Cr茅茅e en 1992 par la promotion de 1988 脿 la m茅moire de Patricia Allen, une dipl么m茅e de la 贵补肠耻濒迟茅 qui fut tragiquement assassin茅e, la Conf茅rence comm茅morative Patricia Allen est consacr茅e 脿 la sensibilisation et 脿 l'茅ducation de la communaut茅 juridique et de la population aux probl猫mes sociaux et juridiques urgents li茅s 脿 la violence, en particulier envers les femmes. Les Ateliers Annie MacDonald Langstaff et les Conf茅rences comm茅moratives Margot E. Halpenny et Patricia Allen qui y sont rattach茅es forment un cycle de conf茅rences qui explorent le droit et la condition f茅minine.
Une demande d'accr茅ditation pour 1,5 heures de formation continue obligatoire pour juristes a 茅t茅 d茅pos茅e aupr猫s d'un dispensateur reconnu.
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