Inclusive Juries—Access for People Who Are Deaf, Hard of Hearing, Blind or Have Low Vision: Report (html)
The Inclusive Juries report was tabled in Parliament and published on 16 May 2023. It recommends changes to the law and practice to enable people who are deaf, hard of hearing, blind or have low vision to serve on juries.
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Table of Contents
2. What is a jury and how is it selected?
3. People who are deaf, hard of hearing, blind or have low vision in our community
4. Barriers to inclusive juries
5. The slow road to inclusive juries
6. International obligations about the rights of people with disabilities
7. Jury selection should meet today’s standards of inclusion
8. The importance of representative juries
9. Inclusive juries and the right
to a fair trial
10. Inclusive juries in other jurisdictions
11. Reforming the Juries Act to enable inclusive juries
12. Reforming court and Juries Victoria processes to remove barriers to inclusive juries
13. Adjustments to enable jury service
14. Auslan interpreters and jury service
15. Accessibility officers and support persons
17. Peremptory challenges and stand asides
18. Encouraging change in the legal profession and the community
19. Funding reforms and monitoring implementation
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