A year of persistence, resistance, and reform with Open Justice For All

In 2025, Open Justice For All changed the law. That sentence matters - but it doesn’t tell the whole story.

Behind the headline achievement sit hundreds of unanswered emails. Proposals rejected. Hostility toward those seeking transparency. And the familiar experience of reform being diluted once it edges closer to power.

Campaigning is often framed as progress in neat steps. In reality, it is messy, exhausting, and emotionally demanding. Open Justice For All has been open about that reality - naming not just what worked, but what didn’t. That honesty matters.

The achievement

From May 2025, all RASSO victims now have a legal right to access their sentencing remarks, free of charge. This is not a symbolic change. It is practical, tangible access to information that should never have been withheld in the first place.

The resistance

More than a thousand ignored emails. Abuse directed at their channels. Further reform proposals rejected. A law change that arrived more watered down than first envisioned.

And still - they continued.

Looking ahead

Their goals for 2026 are clear and ambitious:

All Magistrates’ Court cases recorded
Access to judges’ summing up for all RASSO victims

These are not abstract demands. They are about fairness, transparency, and restoring trust in a system that too often operates behind closed doors.

What Open Justice For All demonstrates - and what this year makes undeniable - is that meaningful change rarely comes without pushback. Persistence is not a personality trait; it is a necessity when systems resist scrutiny.

At MYH, we recognise the weight of this work because we see it echoed across survivor-led campaigns time and again. The emotional labour. The unpaid hours. The choice to keep going anyway.

So this Noticeboard feature isn’t just about celebrating success. It’s about acknowledging the cost of change - and the courage required to pursue it. We stand alongside Open Justice For All as this work continues into 2026.