- 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
JUVENILE PROBATION SERVICE & PROBATION SERVICE FOR ADULTS
According to Article 75 of Law 4478/2017:
- Juvenile Probation Service and Probation Service for Adults of the Ministry of Justice, Transparency and Human Rights shall be assigned with the individual assessment of victims of criminal offences in order to determine special protection needs and the protection of minor victims in accordance with this Law and the provisions in force.
- An Independent Office for Minor Victims – “House of the Child” has been set up at the Athens Juvenile Probation Service and Probation Service for Adults, which shall exercise the powers referred to in the previous article.
- Independent Offices for Minor Victims – “House of the Child” have been set up at the Juvenile Probation Service and Probation Service for Adults of Thessaloniki and Piraeus, which shall exercise the powers referred to in the previous Article.
- Independent Offices for Minor Victims – “House of the Child” have been set up at the Juvenile Probation Service and Probation Service for Adults of Patras and Heraklion, which shall exercise the powers referred to in the previous Article.
- The Departments of the Probation Service and Independent Probation Service Offices of the Ministry of Justice, Transparency and Human Rights shall be responsible for the individual assessment of adult victims of criminal offences in order to determine special protection needs in accordance with this Law and the provisions in force.
As such, the Juvenile Probation Service and Probation Service for Adults and the newly established Independent Offices for Minor Victims – “House of the Child” have an important role to play in supporting and protecting adult and child victims during criminal proceedings.