Reviews and reports

For transparency and independence, Kenova has commissioned a number of reviews to be carried out into the way it works.

You can view these reports by clicking on the links below.

Human Rights specialist, Alyson Kilpatrick BL was given unrestricted access to the investigation team, as well as families, victims groups and stakeholders in order to deliver a full independent review of the positives and negative aspects of Kenova.

You can read all three of here reports via the links below:

First interim report into Article 2 ECHR - published February 2020

Second interim report into Article 2 ECHR - published in January 2021

You can read the full Independent Review of Article 2 ECHR here - published September 2021

Further details are available on this link to our news story.

The National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) Homicide Working Group (HWG) supported by experts from a number of police forces carried out reviews into Kenova – the overarching name for all of the current investigations being led by former Chief Constable Jon Boutcher, and a progress report on Operation Denton, also known as the Barnard Review.

Both the Executive Summary and Conclusions for the Kenova Review the Executive Summary and Conclusions of the Denton Progress Review are available to read.

Further details of the reviews and the findings are available here.

The Kenova Victim Focus Group (VFG) released its report Kenova Victim Focus Group Review in May 2021. 

At the same time the VFG also released a statement expressing serious concerns regarding the potential impact the UK Government legacy proposals would have on Kenova and other similar investigations. You can read the full VFG statement here.