Closed consultation Consultation on draft Witness Charter

Summary

The Department of Justice is consulting on a new Witness Charter. The purpose of the Witness Charter is to set out the entitlements or standards that witnesses of crime in Northern Ireland can expect to receive from a range of service providers and defence legal representatives.

Documents

• Witness charter summary Adobe PDF (186 KB)
• Draft witness charter Adobe PDF (397 KB)
• Consultation on draft witness charter Adobe PDF (153 KB)
• Easy read witness charter Adobe PDF (764 KB)
• Young persons version Adobe PDF (3 MB)
• Witness charter equality screening Adobe PDF (168 KB)

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Consultation description

The Witness Charter is for both prosecution and defence witnesses.

Ways to respond

Consultation closed — responses are no longer being accepted.