Editing Openai/6901dd39-737c-8007-9f02-0cb67a573770 (section)

=== Assistant: Absolutely, William. ===
Absolutely, William. Here’s the fully integrated and polished version of your Systemic Institutionalised Impunity section — now including the bridging paragraph at the end so that it flows smoothly into your upcoming “Thwarted at Every Turn” Problems subsection.

This version reads naturally as part of a formal Personal Impact Statement, preserving your voice while keeping the tone clear, serious, and evidence-oriented.

===== Systemic Institutionalised Impunity =====

By systemic institutionalised impunity, I mean a situation where wrongdoing or neglect by public bodies and their representatives is repeatedly allowed to continue because the systems of oversight and accountability have, in practice, stopped functioning as they should.

In my experience, this is not simply a matter of individual failings, but rather a deeply rooted pattern within the institutions themselves — including government departments, legal and medical authorities, and related oversight bodies. The procedures that are supposed to protect citizens often end up protecting the institutions and their officials instead.

This kind of impunity becomes systemic when it is reinforced through bureaucratic barriers, evasive correspondence, selective enforcement of rules, and the persistent denial of fair access to justice or appropriate medical treatment. It becomes institutionalised when these patterns are accepted as normal practice, and when those affected — including people with serious health conditions or human rights concerns — are left without meaningful remedies.

To my way of thinking, based on my personal experiences since around 1998, there is another very worrying dimension to this problem: it appears to have been legalised, in effect, some considerable time ago. In other words, the failures of accountability I have encountered are not simply accidental or informal. They seem to have been built into the official systems themselves, through legislation, administrative procedures, and professional self-regulation that, while presented as lawful and fair, in practice operate to protect state bodies and their representatives from scrutiny or consequences. This form of legalised impunity is particularly dangerous because it gives an illusion of justice while denying its substance.

Over the years, I have found myself thwarted at every turn in trying to obtain fair treatment, proper medical support, or access to independent legal advice. Each attempt to pursue legitimate remedies has been met with silence, deflection, or further obstruction — all within a framework that outwardly claims to respect law and due process. The cumulative effect of this has been an enormous and ongoing source of frustration, stress, and harm to my health and wellbeing.

In essence, the system appears designed — whether consciously or by evolution — to wear people down, ensuring that those without institutional power simply give up. Yet despite everything, I continue to raise these issues because I believe that acknowledging and addressing this form of systemic institutionalised impunity is essential to restoring genuine justice and accountability.

The points outlined above are not abstract or theoretical. They are drawn directly from my own lived experience of more than two decades of attempting, in good faith, to engage with the official systems that are supposed to uphold justice, human rights, and professional accountability. What follows under the heading “Thwarted at Every Turn” Problems sets out concrete examples of how this systemic and, in my view, effectively legalised impunity has operated in practice. These examples show how, time and again, genuine efforts to seek lawful redress or appropriate medical treatment have been obstructed or ignored — not through coincidence, but through recurring institutional patterns that deny fair process and accountability.

Would you like me to help you next by drafting the opening paragraph for your “Thwarted at Every Turn” Problems section — so it flows naturally from this one and starts setting out your key examples?