Obviously, I think that's a profound failure of the system in a number of ways, not just in terms of protection but in terms of the fact that we have woefully failed to provide the resources that women need to escape violence.
Much of my research has focused on how women with mental illness are particularly targeted for violence and for sexual violence. The idea that death to the victim would be an appropriate response to violence against women is utterly untenable.
If I could just mention it, Professor Sheehy and I participated in the UN hearings. It was open to any organization that wanted to make a submission. I do take issue with the assertion that they were having secret meetings. Those meetings were open to any organization that wanted to make a submission.