Se­nior Po­lit­i­cal Re­porter

Gov­ern­ment’s Vic­tims’ Rights Bill 2026, which pro­tects vic­tims in a va­ri­ety of ground­break­ing new ways, will call for a sea of change in the mind­set of in­ves­ti­ga­to­ry agen­cies like the Trinidad and To­ba­go Po­lice Ser­vice and pros­e­cut­ing agen­cies to en­sure vic­tims’ rights are up­held.

“We in­tend to have aware­ness pro­grammes with all agen­cies in­volved. We’re go­ing to bring them in a room, set out a manda­to­ry code that must be fol­lowed flow­ing from this bill when passed and let them know this is the new or­der - vic­tims have suf­fered too long!” said Jus­tice Min­is­ter De­vish Ma­haraj in pi­lot­ing the bill in the Sen­ate yes­ter­day.