1. VictimsofcrimeintheEU:
theextentandnatureofsupportforvictims,
thefullreportisavailableinEnglish.
Asummaryofthereportisavailablein
English,FrenchandGerman
(allEUlanguageversiontofollow).
Victimsupportservicesarevitaltoenablevictimsofcrime
tohaveeffectiveaccesstojusticeandtoensurethattheycanclaimtheirrights
Whyarevictimsupportservicesimportant
topeopleintheEU?
…italsopointsout
promisingpractices…
Whyisthisso?
Forvictims,accessingjustice
canbecomeamazeof
complicationsdueto…
ASwedishapp
enablesvictimstofind
servicestosupportthem,
basedonthegeo-location
ofthevictimandthe
typeofcrimethey
eexperienced.
Thewebsite
infovictims.com
givesadvicetovictimsin
Austria,CzechRepublic
andPortugal,alongwith
linkstosupportservices
intheiintheirlocalarea.
http:// http://
Yet,
manyvictimsdo
notreportcrimes–
thisisaseriousobstacle
tothemaccessingjustice.
Evidencefromrecent
FRAsurveys
shshows…
Creatingfree
supportservices
forallvictims
independentof
whetherthey
reporttopolice
Improvingaccess
toinformation
forvictims
ontheirrights
andavailable
support
Targetedsupport
servicesfor
vulnerablegroups,
specialised
trainingforpolice
and
legalplegalpractitioners
Inlinewiththe
Victims’Directive,
FRA’sreport
VVictimsofcrimeinthe
EU:theextentand
natureofsupportfor
victims
recommends...
ofwomendidnotreportthemost
seriousincidentofviolencebya
partnertothepolice.
86%
78%
ofLGBTpeoplewhosuffered
homophobicviolenceintheprevious
yeardidnotreportittothepolice.
ofJewishpeoplewhofacedantisemitic
harassmentinthepastveyearsdid
notreportthemostseriousincident.
76%
Article47of
theEUCharterof
FundamentalRights
entitlesallvictims
totheright
toeffectiveaccess
ttojustice.
TheVictims’Directive
(2012/29/EU),
setsoutminimum
standardsonthe
rights,support
andprotection
oofvictimsofcrime.
Haveyoubeenthevictimofacrime?
Theseorganisationscouldhelpput
victimsintouchwithrelevantsupportservices: