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MILQUET, Joëlle
Strengthening victims' rights [Documento electrónico] : from compensation to reparation : for a new EU Victims’ rights strategy 2020-2025 / Joëlle Milquet.- Luxembourg : Publications Office of the European Union, 2019.- 1 CD-ROM ; 12 cm
Report of the Special Adviser, J. Milquet, to the President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker – March 2019. Ficheiro de 1,21 MB em formato PDF (79 p.).
ISBN 978-92-76-01401-0


AJUDA ÀS VÍTIMAS, DIREITOS DA VÍTIMA, PROGRAMA DE AJUDA ÀS VÍTIMAS, POLÍTICA COMUNITÁRIA, UNIÃO EUROPEIA

Executive summary. Preface. I. Introduction: What place for victims' rights in the European area of freedom, security and justice? A. Human rights-based concept of victimisation. B. Objectives of Compensation. C. Evolution of victims’ rights in International law and in European law. D. State of play and new threats and challenges. II. Problems faced by victims. A. General problems. 1. Lack of/Access to information and to guidance. 2. Problems concerning State compensation. 3. Problems concerning Offender compensation. 4. Procedural obstacles: Lengthy, complex and costly procedures that lead to victims being discouraged from claiming compensation. 5. Cross-border and international victimisation. 6. Lack of compensation in case of violent acts which occur outside EU or with non EU residents. 7. Insurance. B. Specific needs and problems of victims of certain categories of crime. III. European and national new strategy on victims' rights and compensation. A. Introduction: The need for a EU victims’ rights strategy. 1. Why do we need a EU victims’ rights strategy for the next five years? 2. Which Objectives for a European strategy for victims of intentional violent crimes? 3. Which Methodology for a EU victims’ rights strategy? B. Recommendations for a EU victims’ rights strategy. 1. Better cooperation at national and EU level. 2. Better and more accurate information on victims' rights and state or offender compensation. 3. EU initiatives for better training and guidance to ensure respectful treatment of victims in state and offender compensation schemes. 4. EU initiatives for quicker, fairer and simpler state compensation scheme. 5. EU initiatives to improve offender compensation to victims within judicial proceedings. 6. EU initiatives for more adequate, multidisciplinary and more personalised support services in accordance with victims' individual needs. IV. Conclusion. V. Annexes.