This report recommends ways to remove barriers from current law and practice that prevent Victorians who are deaf, hard of hearing, blind or have low vision (whom we refer to in our report as ‘the subject groups’) from serving as jurors.

In the first part of the report, the Commission sets the scene for reform by explaining the barriers to service that people currently face and the international legal obligations that Victoria should abide by. The authors consider how things are done overseas, where people who are deaf, hard of hearing, blind or have low vision have served on juries for years. The authors also set out what people told them about wanting to serve as jurors.

The second part of the report (from Chapter 11) contains the Commission’s recommendations for reform, and provides examples of the adjustments that could enable people in the subject groups to serve.