Commissioner 'deeply concerned' about disclosure of third-party counselling notes in rape and sexual assault trials
Rape victims in Northern Ireland are being forced to choose between healthcare and justice because of the requirement to hand over “excessive amounts” of personal data during trials, it has been claimed.
She has said she is “deeply concerned that this is putting some victims off accessing crucial therapeutic support and is causing those that do avail of support to censor what they say for fear of how it may be used against them”. “However, I am deeply concerned that the disclosure of third-party counselling notes in rape and sexual assault trials is forcing victims to choose between accessing healthcare and accessing justice.
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