Presentations made at VSE Conference 2015 now available!
Victim Support Europe’s Annual Conference 2015 “Rights of Victims of Crime in Europe: the future is now!” took place in Lisbon, Portugal, from 13 to 14 May 2015. It was a very important event as we...
View Article6th Annual Conference of the Victimology Society of Serbia, 26-27 November...
The Sixth Annual Conference of the Victimology Society of Serbia “New trends in victimology theory and practice: Dilemmas and challenges in protecting victims” will be held in Palace Hotel in Belgrade...
View ArticleVSE Annual Report 2014 published
We are proud to announce that our Annual Report 2014 is now available: VSEAnnualReport2014 We hope you will enjoy reading it! .huge-it-share-buttons { border:0px solid #0FB5D6; border-radius:5px;...
View ArticleA Guide for individual evaluation of victims (EVVI) now available
A guide on individual evaluation of victims of crime(EVVI) has recently been published EVVI Guide English. The objective of the EVVI project was to propose good practices that can be used in different...
View ArticlePROTEUS Seminar | Identity theft online: preventing, fighting & supporting...
For the past several years, Identity theft and identity fraud have become more sophisticated and transnational crimes across the globe. The generalized use of information and communication technologies...
View ArticleThe President of Victim Support Europe, David McKenna, sadly passed away
It is with great sadness that we have to let you know that our President, and good friend, David McKenna passed away last Friday morning with his family around him. Over the last few months David had...
View ArticleIn Memory of David McKenna – 1958-2015, A tribute from Victim Support Europe
David McKenna was passionate about improving the situation of victims across Europe. He tirelessly strove to strengthen Victim Support Europe and help it become the leading European organisation on...
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VSE meets Commissioner Věra Jourová to discuss victims’ rights and support
From right to left João Lazaro (Vice President of VSE, President of APAV), Markéta Vitoušová (Managing Director Prague Branch of Bily kruh bezpeci (CZ)), Sabrina Bellucci (Board Member VSE, Director of...
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Awareness raising campaign – Raise your Voice for #VictimsRights
In 2011, the European Council and European Parliament adopted an historic piece of EU legislation greatly strengthening the rights of victims of crime. In this way all European countries (except...
View ArticleRoundtable Discussion with International NGO Networks, 29 September, Brussels
On 29th of September Victim Support Europe (VSE) invited international NGO networks and institutions dealing with victims’ rights and support to participate in a roundtable discussion hosted by the...
View ArticleFRA launches animation films on children and justice
The Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) published a series of animation films about rights that children should enjoy when being involved in judicial proceedings. These rights include children’s right to...
View Article15 December – World day of remembrance for road traffic victims
On Sunday, 15th November, the 20th anniversary of the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims 2015 was observed internationally and the 10th anniversary since its recognition by the United...
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The implementation of the Victims’ Rights Directive is one of Commissioner...
Commissioner of Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality, Věra Jourová, spoke at Victim Support Europe’s conference at the European Parliament on 9th of November. The Conference, hosted by Teresa...
View ArticleSolidarity with victims of terrorism
Over the last days and weeks, we have seen several terrible terrorist attacks that have killed and injured hundreds of people. Our thoughts and deepest sympathies are with all those affected by these...
View ArticleSolidarité avec les victimes d’actes terroristes
Au cours des derniers jours et semaines , il y a eu plusieurs attaques terroristes qui ont tué et blessé des centaines de personnes. Nos pensées et nos plus sincères condoléances vont à tous ceux qui...
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European NGOs call on EU governments to implement EU Victims Directive
Brussels, 16 November 2015 – Today, 16 November, is an important day. Today, all Member States of the EU (except Denmark), are obliged to have implemented Directive 2012/29/EU establishing minimum...
View ArticleRaising our voices for #VictimsRights
16 November 2015 – In the light of our awareness raising campaign around the implementation deadline of the EU Victims Directive, VSE has launched a Thunderclap. Through this crowdspeaking platform we...
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PICUM’s launches guide Toolkit on How to Use the EU Victims’ Directive to...
The EU Victims’ Directive (2012/29/EU) grants equal rights and protection to all victims of crime. Article I of the Directive stipulates that the Directive applies to all victims of crime, regardless...
View ArticleNew President for Victim Support Europe
On 10 November 2015 João Lázaro, President of the Portuguese Association for Victim Support (APAV) was elected President of Victim Support Europe at our General Meeting which took place in Brussels....
View ArticleSeminar IVOR: Services that work for victims Lisbon | January 14th 2016
As a partner of the IVOR project – promoted by APAV and co-financed by the European Commission under Criminal Justice Programme – VSE is delighted to announce the IVOR Policy Seminar which will take...
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