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Most people associate judicial integrity with an accountability, transparency and integrityagenda. But without unrestricted access to justice, does judicial integrity really exist? Can itsurvive beyond glorious declarations or official pronouncements? If people do not have access tojudicial services, they will not be able to get redress, and, judge quality of justice. It is likely thatpublic confidence in the judicial system will suffer.

This report describes atrocities against children during times of conflict, calling on G8 countries to take the following action:

• Place children at the centre of internationalaction on sexual violence in conflict
• Fund the protection of childrenand the prevention of violence
• End impunity for sexual violenceagainst children
• Ensure the UN has the mandate, capacityand resources to play its role in protectingchildren from sexual violence

The report suggests a deliver-empower-change-reform model for addressing the problem:

Given the widespread health, legal, social and economic implications of elder abuse, the Elder Justice Roadmap Project sought the input of experts and stakeholders from across the country in order to develop a strategic resource ‹ by the field and for the field ‹ to combat elder abuse, neglect and financial exploitation. Likewise, it provides a roadmap for strategic investment and engagement by policymakers in both the public and private sectors to advance our collective efforts to prevent and combat elder abuse at the local, state and national levels.

Research and experience in communities show it is possible to prevent youth violence. Everyone has an important role in stopping youth violence before it starts. This document provides information and action steps to help each of us be a part of the solution.

The Link between violence to people and violence to animals is well documented by research, both nationallyand internationally. In its simplest form: violence to animals is a predictor that the abuser may becomeviolent to people, and vice versa. Abuse is abuse no matter what the form or whom the victim.

Crimes against people are tied to a myriad of crimes against animals and threespecific types of animal abuse that are linked to crimes against people are featured in this guidebook: sexualassaults against animals (bestiality), animal hoarding, and animal fighting.

This handbook is intended to assist family and friends of homicide victims in their grieving process and to explain what lies ahead with respect to the criminal case.

This paper discusses lessons learned and considerations for preventing intimate partner homicide.

This fact sheet includes statistics spanning from 1998 to 2010 on the number of women murdered by an intimate partner, the use of firearms in the commission of intimate partner homicides, and the types of firearms used in the commission of these homicides.

The revised Danger Assessment (DA-I) is a culturally competent adaptation for use with immigrant women and is intended to predict reassault in abusive relationships.

The goal of this report is to identify trends of domestic violence occurrence in the New Jersey African American community and provide culturally unique recommendations to reduce the outcomes of intimate partner homicide for African American victims.

This webpage provides questions and answers about the U nonimmigrant visa. The U nonimmigrant visa is reserved for victims of crimes who have suffered mental or physical abuse and are willing to assist in the investigation or prosecution of the criminal activity.

This webpage discusses the T Nonimmigrant Status (T Visa) which is set aside for those who are or have been victims of human trafficking and are willing to assist law enforcement in the investigation or prosecution of acts of trafficking.

This brochure details the 2008 landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision, District of Columbia v. Heller, and argues that smart gun laws arent just constitutional; [t]heyre also critical to preventing gun violence in our communities.

A bibliography of materials covering the Second Amendment is also included at the bottom of the webpage.

This webpage provides a background on the Second Amendment, as well as a history of the U.S. Supreme Courts treatment of the Second Amendment. The webpage also provides a brief description of the two theories of interpretation _ the individual right theory and the collective rights theory.

In this landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision, the Court extended the federal law that bars anyone convicted of domestic violence from possessing a gun (the Domestic Violence Offender Gun Ban, or Lautenberg Amendment), to anyone who had pleaded guilty to at least a misdemeanor charge of domestic violence, even in cases in which there was no proof of violent acts or physical injury.

This webpage lists questions and answers regarding the misdemeanor crime of domestic violence, including the definition, application of the law to specific individuals and within specified time frames, hypothetical scenarios in which the law is applied, and differentiation between federal and state law.

This provision amends the Federal Gun Control Act of 1968 by banning the possession of firearms by individuals convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence.

This document describes in detail statutory provisions related to firearm purchase and possession by those individuals subject to protection orders or convicted of certain crimes.

This handbook provides policies, protocols and forms for incorporating child trafficking identification and response mechanisms into state and private child welfare systems using Illinois as a case study.

The above webpage outlines eight recommendations to Congress and the President surrounding gun laws, on topics including gun safety, mental health treatment, trauma reduction, sensible gun laws, comprehensive solutions, safe communities, and public health solutions.

This report provides the results of a CHRC led research project that provides information on the gaps in legal services and identifies the opportunities for improving outcomes. Also included input from service providers around the country for a national comparison.

This checklist provides advocates with recommended steps to help facilitate discussions and assist with related legal processes with survivors of domestic violence who are seeking to remove firearms from the possession of their abusers.

Tips and resources for advocates on risk assessment and safety planning are also included.

This is an inventory and evaluation of the current shelter and services response to domestic minor sex trafficking.