Analysis of Victims’ Rights and Services in Serbia and their Alignment with EU Directive 2012/29/EU

According to Serbia’s accession action plan for chapter 23, Serbia intends to strengthen procedural safeguards in line with European Union (EU) standards to ensure the rights, support, and protection of victims of crime and injured parties in accor...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Report
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:	VICTIM SUPPORT PROTECTION RIGHTS INFORMATION RIGHTS INTERPRETATION AND TRANSLATION RIGHTS LEGAL SERVICES LEGAL AID
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/966041511259504946/Analysis-of-victims-rights-and-services-in-Serbia-and-their-alignment-with-EU-Directive-2012-29-EU http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28963

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spelling	okr-10986-289632021-09-11T05:10:32Z Analysis of Victims’ Rights and Services in Serbia and their Alignment with EU Directive 2012/29/EU World Bank VICTIM SUPPORT PROTECTION RIGHTS INFORMATION RIGHTS INTERPRETATION AND TRANSLATION RIGHTS LEGAL SERVICES LEGAL AID According to Serbia’s accession action plan for chapter 23, Serbia intends to strengthen procedural safeguards in line with European Union (EU) standards to ensure the rights, support, and protection of victims of crime and injured parties in accordance with Directive 2012-29-EU. The current analysis will support that process by assessing how Serbia aligns in practice with the EU Directive. The ultimate objective of the project is to assist the Serbian Government, as part of its accession process, to develop a national system of victim support services which complies with EU Directive 2012-29 EU. This report will therefore map and assess which institutions in Serbia are providing victim support services and their levels of quality and access. Also, it will document any existing guidelines and provision in police and prosecution offices and courts, as well as other services and non-government organizations (NGOs). The analysis was requested by Serbian authorities to support the implementation of the chapter 23 accession action plan and to ensure that victims have equitable access to justice services and that victims’ rights are upheld through the justice process. Since then the European continent has set the scene for the continuous development of a legal framework for the protection of victims of crime, through the adoption of policy decisions and legal instruments. 2017-12-06T22:20:57Z 2017-12-06T22:20:57Z 2017-01 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/966041511259504946/Analysis-of-victims-rights-and-services-in-Serbia-and-their-alignment-with-EU-Directive-2012-29-EU http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28963 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Law and Justice Study Economic & Sector Work Europe and Central Asia Serbia
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description	According to Serbia’s accession action plan for chapter 23, Serbia intends to strengthen procedural safeguards in line with European Union (EU) standards to ensure the rights, support, and protection of victims of crime and injured parties in accordance with Directive 2012-29-EU. The current analysis will support that process by assessing how Serbia aligns in practice with the EU Directive. The ultimate objective of the project is to assist the Serbian Government, as part of its accession process, to develop a national system of victim support services which complies with EU Directive 2012-29 EU. This report will therefore map and assess which institutions in Serbia are providing victim support services and their levels of quality and access. Also, it will document any existing guidelines and provision in police and prosecution offices and courts, as well as other services and non-government organizations (NGOs). The analysis was requested by Serbian authorities to support the implementation of the chapter 23 accession action plan and to ensure that victims have equitable access to justice services and that victims’ rights are upheld through the justice process. Since then the European continent has set the scene for the continuous development of a legal framework for the protection of victims of crime, through the adoption of policy decisions and legal instruments.
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title	Analysis of Victims’ Rights and Services in Serbia and their Alignment with EU Directive 2012/29/EU
title_short	Analysis of Victims’ Rights and Services in Serbia and their Alignment with EU Directive 2012/29/EU
title_full	Analysis of Victims’ Rights and Services in Serbia and their Alignment with EU Directive 2012/29/EU
title_fullStr	Analysis of Victims’ Rights and Services in Serbia and their Alignment with EU Directive 2012/29/EU
title_full_unstemmed	Analysis of Victims’ Rights and Services in Serbia and their Alignment with EU Directive 2012/29/EU
title_sort	analysis of victims’ rights and services in serbia and their alignment with eu directive 2012/29/eu
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Analysis of Victims’ Rights and Services in Serbia and their Alignment with EU Directive 2012/29/EU

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