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Webinar: Putting Victims and Witnesses at the Heart of the Criminal Justice Process

27 Jun 2025, 09:00-27 Jun 2025, 10:00
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Speakers:

  • Lloyd Babb SC, Director of Public Prosecutions, Northern Territory, Australia

  • Kati Krazlan, Victims of Crime Commissioner for Western Australia

  • Caitlin Shepherd, Acting Head, Witness Assistance Service, DPP, Northern Territory, Australia

  • Tami Grealy, Senior Crown Prosecutor, DPP, Northern Territory, Australia

          A victim with lived experience of the criminal justice system

Facilitator: Irina Beridze, Executive Programme Manager, International Association of Prosecutors 

Victims and witnesses play an integral role in the criminal justice system, and there is an increased focus on the interaction between law enforcement, prosecutors and victims and witnesses, and a heightened focus on how we, as criminal justice practitioners, can ensure that victims and witnesses are able to give their best evidence. It’s vitally important that prosecutors – and all professionals who come into contact with victims and witnesses – have an understanding of the impact of trauma, and are aware of mechanisms that should be used to minimise the risk of re-traumatisation and to ensure that the best evidence can be obtained from witnesses affected by trauma. It’s obviously also important that those aims are met without compromising the fairness of the trial and within the constraints of existing evidential requirements and processes.

This webinar will present practical insights from prosecutors and experts across the criminal justice system on the skills needed to ensure that victims and witnesses can take an active role in criminal proceedings, on some of the challenges that may be encountered, and on best practices to ensure that the appropriate balance is maintained between the need to support victims and witnesses and the need to uphold the rights of the accused to a fair trial.

This 60-minute webinar will be held in English and no interpretation will be provided. However, attendees can access automated translated captions via the Zoom platform during the webinar. All attendees will receive a certificate of attendance. The webinar is open to all IAP organisational and individual members.

Please note that this webinar will be recorded.

For more details, please contact Ms. Irina Beridze, Executive Programme Manager of the IAP, at epm@iap-association.org

We look forward to welcoming you at the webinar!