- 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
Useful contacts
- General Secretariat for Family Policy and Gender Equality
- Athens Bar Association
- Piraeus Bar Association
- Racist Violence Recording Network National Centre for Social Solidarity
- Hellenic Police
- Institute of Child Health – Directorate of Mental Health and Social Welfare Research
- Centre for Gender Equality
- Children’s Ombudsman
- Ministry of Justice
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Ministry of Citizen Protection
- The Smile of the Child
Main legal texts and guides:
- DIRECTIVE 2012/29/EU OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 25 October 2012 establishing minimum standards on the rights, support, and protection of victims of crime and replacing Council Framework Decision 2001/220/JHA
- Law 4478/2017 – Government Gazette 91/A/23-6-2017, IV.Law 4478/2017 – Government Gazette 91/A/23-6-2017, IV. PART FOUR INCORPORATION OF DIRECTIVE 2012/29/EE ESTABLISHING MINIMUM STANDARDS ON THE RIGHTS, SUPPORT AND PROTECTION OF VICTIMS OF CRIME AND REPLACING COUNCIL FRAMEWORK DECISION 2001/220/JHA (in Greek)
- Ministerial Decision 7320/2019 – Government Gazette 2238/B /10-6-2019 Regulation of the operation of the Independent Offices for Minor Victims ‘House of the Child’ – Structured protocol for the examination of a minor victim as a witness. (in Greek)
- Management of Incidents of Domestic Violence against Women Development and Management of Inter-institutional Cooperation: a practical police guide (in Greek)
- Penal Code (in Greek)
- Code of Criminal Procedure (in Greek)