National Framework for Comprehensive Victim Support
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Every year, an estimated 75 million people in the European Union, 15% of the population, fall victim to serious crimes. The impact can devastate individuals psychologically, physically, financially, and with respect to their work, social and family life. Crime weakens our societies, economies, security and the rule of law.
A robust response to crime, that fully mitigates those impacts, requires a well- organised support system. However, in the past decades, the development of victim support has been incremental, piecemeal and often sectoral in focus. The results in almost every country are multiple layers of response, duplication or gaps in service provision, and a failure to co-ordinate actions across all sectors. Almost forty years after the adoption of the UN's basic principles of justice for victims of crime, a new approach in Europe is required.
In acknowledgement of these challenges and based on evidence presented in the VOCIARE project assessing the implementation of the Directive 2012/29/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 establishing minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime (hereafter the Victims’ Rights Directive) in all participating Member States, Victim Support Europe has developed a national framework for comprehensive victim support.
The framework aims to help Member States better implement victims’ rights; to provide an improved understanding of those involved in meeting victims’ support needs; to ensure that all victims needing support are recognised, treated with dignity and respect, and have access to services in accordance with their needs.
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