"The report was issued today by the Women's Legal Education and Action Fund, or LEAF, and the nonprofit Community Justice Initiatives. It says the Crown policy deprives those who have experienced sexual harm from choosing the form of justice that best fits their needs. Restorative justice is an approach that allows those harmed and those who take responsibility for said harm to reach a resolution together, typically with the help of a facilitator."
"Rosel Kim, a senior staff lawyer for LEAF, says a moratorium on restorative justice for sexual offences was put in place in the 1990s, in part due to concerns it would be traumatic for those harmed. The policy's existence means there is no incentive to invest in this type of program, Kim says. "It has created this lack of access and we're saying it's time to amend the policy that's preventing that," Kim said in an interview this week."
Ontario's Crown policy prohibits restorative justice as an alternative to criminal prosecution in sexual offence cases. Women's Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF) and Community Justice Initiatives call on the Ontario government to revisit the policy, arguing it deprives people who experienced sexual harm of choosing the form of justice that best fits their needs. Restorative justice enables harmed parties and those responsible to reach resolutions together with a facilitator. A moratorium began in the 1990s over concerns about retraumatization, and a year-long mixed-methods study found 86 percent of surveyed participants support expanding restorative options for gender-based violence.
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