Event Spotlight

NAVRA is a project of NCVLI.  Explore NAVRA and other NCVLI events that promote balance and fairness in the justice system through crime victim centered legal advocacy, education, and resource sharing. 

Partnering in the Fight to Protect a Minor Victim’s Privacy

A minor victim of sexual assault recently found herself under attack again - this time from a barrage of subpoenas from the defense seeking records ranging from her rape crises center records, to 17 months of her Facebook page, to her diary.  Fortunately, this victim was working with a great system-based advocate and prosecutor in Santa Maria, California.  That prosecution team put the victim in contact with NCVLI and we quickly paired this victim with a pro bono attorney.  Together we are fighting to quash the subpoenas and protect this victim’s state constitutional right to refuse discove

New Resource for Working with Child-Victims

To better assist victims’ rights attorneys and advocates working with child-victims of crime, NCVLI publishes Bulletins that are intended to provide critical analysis on important topics relating to the rights of child-victims.  Read the newest Bulletin, What Practitioners Need to Know About Traumatic Stress, on the Safeguarding Child-Victims’ Rights Initiative page.

Fighting for a Child-Victim's Rights to Fairness Privacy and Protection

In federal court in North Carolina, defendant, the mother of a minor victim, pled guilty to possessing and distributing images of her child’s sexual abuse and is awaiting sentencing. At the same time, defendant and the child-victim’s father are in state court custody proceedings regarding the child, where defendant moved to have the state custody court order a psychiatric evaluation of the child. NCVLI provided legal technical assistance to both the federal prosecutor and the child-victim’s attorney to oppose the psychiatric evaluation.

NCVLI Joins Amicus Brief to Uphold Rape Shield Law

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On June 9, 2020, NCVLI, along with 25 additional nonprofit organizations, participated as co-amici in the case of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania vs. Eric Rogers. Led by the Women’s Law Project and AEquitas, these organizations joined in to ensure Pennsylvania’s Rape Shield Law protects all victims’ prior sexual history, specifically that it does not permit the introduction of evidence of a complainant’s criminal record for prostitution-related offenses.

March is Fraud Prevention Month

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ICADV Annual Fall Conference

Meg Garvin will be a keynote speaker at the Indiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence’s Annual Conference on October 27-28th

Charity Run - Team Running for Victims’ Rights

Event image Are you a runner?  You can run and support NCVLI at the same time!

ICADV Annual Fall Conference

Meg Garvin will be a keynote speaker at the Indiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence’s Annual Conference on October 27-28th

Safeguarding Victim Privacy: A Plan of Action for Prosecutors

NCVLI Executive Director Meg Garvin and AEquitas Attorney Advisor Viktoria Kristiansson will present a webinar entitled “Safeguarding Victim Privacy: A Plan of Action for Prosecutors”.

2nd Annual Voices for Justice Reception

Join NCVLI on January 27, 2016 for the second annual Voices for Justice Reception. Click here to learn more.

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