- VICTIM SUPPORT
- THE RIGHTS OF VICTIMS OF CRIME
- Victims right to understand and to be understood
- Right to receive information from the very first contact with the competent authority
- Victims’ rights when making a complaint
- Victims’ right to receive information about their case
- The right to translation
- The right to access victim support services
- Support from victim support services
- Right to safeguards in terms of restorative justice services
- Victims’ rights who reside in another EU member state
- Right to avoid contact between victim and offender
- Victim protection during the criminal investigation
- Protection of private life
- Individual assessment of victims- Special protection
- Right to protection of victims with special needs during criminal proceedings
- Rights of the witness of crime
- CRIMINAL COURT PROCEEDINGS
- WHO IS WHO IN CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS
- I WAS A VICTIM OF CRIME: COMMON REACTIONS
COURT OFFICER
Court officers work in the administrative offices of courts and in the offices of the Public Prosecutor’s Office. These officials are responsible for carrying out the orders of the judge and the Public Prosecutor and for carrying out, on their own initiative, certain administrative actions necessary for the proper conduct of the proceedings.
The court officer is responsible, among other duties, for:
- Receiving documents, applications, and other relevant documents, adding them to the case file, and informing the judge and the prosecutor in this regard.
- Notifying the participants in the proceedings, usually by letter, of the decisions taken by the judge or prosecutor, such as the official charge sheet, the date and place of the trial, and the costs etc.
- Drafting of the minutes, in other words the description of what happens during the different parts of the proceedings.
- Before any hearing, calling the names of the persons summoned and notified and informing the judge or public prosecutor about who is present and who is absent.
- Writing letters confirming attendance at court which are requested by participants in any proceedings to justify their absence from work.
- During the course of the proceedings, recording the statements of the participants or parties to the proceedings.
Court officers working in the offices of the Public Prosecutor’s Office may also take statements from the victim, the defendant, and the witnesses.
If the victim wishes to ask questions about the practical aspects of the court’s functioning, he or she can ask the court officer, who must answer using clear and simple language so that the victim can understand the information.