Campaigners in Northern Ireland seek reforms to ban character references in sexual crime cases, citing victim trauma.

Campaigners in Northern Ireland are pushing for reforms to the use of character references in sexual crime cases, arguing they can re-traumatize victims and perpetuate rape myths. The Department of Justice acknowledges the issue and is looking into changes, with support from charities like Nexus. They cite countries like Australia and New Zealand, where such references are banned in sexual offense cases, as potential models.

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