Karen Iles

Karen Iles (she/her) is a lawyer, accredited mediator, consultant, board director, sexual assault survivor and Dharug Aboriginal woman. She is the founder and Principal Solicitor of Violet Co Legal & Consulting, a social enterprise with the purpose to create radical solutions and just outcomes for women, gender diverse and First Nations people. Karen speaks about her personal lived experience of sexual assault, police accountability and the justice system to inspire social change. She is campaigning for police to have a statutory duty of care to investigate aggravated child sexual assault, supported by truly independent bodies to oversee complaints regarding police conduct. In 2022, Karen was featured in the Guardian Australia, A Current Affair, ABC 7.30, ABC Radio and Mamamia and was the recipient of the Law Society of NSW 2022 Pro Bono Service Award.
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No Investigation and No Justice: An interview with solicitor Karen Iles’ on her police accountability campaign

More often than not, police deepen inequality in Aboriginal peoples’ lives by either unnecessarily intervening, or by failing the victims of crime they claim to be protecting. Phoebe Mcilwraith interviews Karen Iles (Dharug) about her demand for justice in a country where police continue to fail Black women and children.

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