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Preventing secondary victimization and supporting victims of crime – what has been done and what is yet to be done? Sanita Sīle| Policy Analyst Riga, March 4 th 2015
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Preventing secondary victimization and

supporting victims of crime – what has been done and what is yet to be done?

Sanita Sīle| Policy Analyst

Riga, March 4th 2015

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Centre for Public Policy PROVIDUS Promoting evidence based policy in Latvia

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Centre for Public Policy PROVIDUS

PROVIDUS provides independent expertise in the following areas:

good governance (including public integrity and

prevention of corruption, openness of information, responsibility of courts, social entrepreneurship, civic

participation, energy policy);

inclusive political process (including integration policies and diversity management);

criminal justice (including penal policy and alternatives

for pre-trial detention, juvenile justice, support for victims’ rights).

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Victim // Criminal Law

The objective of punishment is:

1) to protect the public safety;

2) to restore justice; 3) to punish the offender for a committed criminal offence;

4) to resocialize the punished person;

5) to achieve that the convicted person and other persons comply with the law and refrain from committing criminal offences.

Section 35, part two of the Criminal Law

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Victim support system

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Mechanisms of the victim compensation in criminal proceedings in EU

The main conclusions:

* First steps should include development of services that are the most important for victims: legal aid, state compensation, psychological help;

* Evaluation of services should be carried out on regular basis;

* Evaluation of victims’ needs should also be carried out on regular basis;

* Law enforcement agencies would benefit from guidelines on how to deal with crime victims.

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Support for Victims of Crime: Substantial or Nominal. Latvia and Beyond

* To provide research based strategic and policy recommendations for development of good victims policies that address victims’ needs, and respond to crime in a balanced and restorative way;

* To improve information and support available to victims of crime;

* To enhance understanding about the benefits of a restorative response to crime and responsiveness towards victims’ needs among law enforcement agencies, media and society at large;

* To improve cooperation and networking among state agencies and NGOs working with victims of crime in Latvia and beyond.

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Information // Public Awareness

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www.cietusajiem.lv

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Improving Protection of Victim’s Rights: Access to Legal Aid

* Increase the information available for the victims on the legal aid as a means to facilitate the protection of their rights;

* Identify common standards to handle victim of crime cases in order to have a just compensation;

* Reinforce the capacities of practitioners in dealing with victims, through the implementation of a training course;

* Facilitate the information of those categories of citizens less aware of their rights, notably the population of rural areas, through the production and delivery of a set of communication tools.

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Assessment of the conditions that the victim has to meet to qualify for state-provided

legal aid

Criteria:

* Is the harm done?

Victims of domestic violence, children, victims of trafficking of human beings - NGOs

* Has the person been legally

recognized as a victim?

* Is the person an adult or a minor?

* Can the person afford to invite a

lawyer for legal assistance?

Has the person a status of a needy person?

Statistics: Questionnaire within the project

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What is yet to be done?

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What is yet to be done?

Future challenges:

• Inter-institutional cooperation;

• «One-stop shops» to address victims’ needs;

• «Basket» of minimum services.

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What is yet to be done?

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What is yet to be done?

The main objective:

to enhance the development of a safe and child-oriented support system for child victims of crime.

To gather information about the existing support systems for child victims

(multi-disciplinary and inter-institutional approach);

To raise professional capacity of specialists;

To create innovative cooperation forms in the multi-disciplinary environment

and to enhance children’s rights protection.

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Links

• www.providus.lv • Improving protection of victims rights access to legal aid. http://providus.lv/article/improving-protection-of-victim-s-rights-access-to-legal-aid; • Support for victims of crime: substantial or nominal. Latvia and beyond. http://providus.lv/article/support-for-victims-of-crime-substantial-or-nominal-latvia-and-beyond; • Mechanisms of the victim compensation in criminal proceedings in EU. http://providus.lv/article/outstanding-problems-of-restorative-justice-perspective-solutions-within-the-european-union-research-on-mechanisms-of-the-victim-compensation-in-criminal-proceedings-in-eu-tm-2012-34-ek; • www.cietusajiem.lv

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THANK YOU!

Sanita Sīle

Centre for public policy PROVIDUS Alberta 13, Riga, LV-1010, Latvia

[email protected]