Stronger Victims’ Rights in EU Law?

Julia Burchett is Researcher at the European Law Center, Belgium. Anne Weyembergh is Professor at the Faculty of Law and Institute for European Studies, Belgium.

Acknowledgments
List of Contributors
Abbreviations


Part 1 - Introduction

Foreword, Didier Reynders

1. Victims’ Rights in EU Law: Coming of Age?, Dr. Julia Burchett (Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium)

Part 2 - The Protection of Victims’ Rights in EU Law and Insights from Regional and International Instruments


2. Victims’ Rights in the EU: Boosting the Recognition and Participation of Victims in Criminal Proceedings, Dr. Chara Chioni-Chotoumany (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece)

3. Protecting Vulnerable Victims: An Analysis of the EU Legal Framework for Victims of Gender-Based Violence, Dr. Cristina Sáenz Pérez (University of Leeds, UK)

4. The Flood that Never Came. Case Law of the Court of Justice on the Victims’ Rights Acquis, Prof. Adam Lazowski (University of Westminster, UK)

5. Being ‘Fair and Appropriate’ to Victims of Violent Crime: Evaluating the Provision of State Compensation in the European Union, Liam O’Driscoll (Dublin City University, Ireland)

6. Eurojust’s Role in Enhancing Victims’ Rights in Cross-Border Criminal Cases, Julieta Carmona Bermejo and Eric Fréjabue (Eurojust, the Netherlands)

7. Council of Europe Instruments and the Case-Law of the ECtHR: What Influence on EU Law?, Prof. Lorena Bachmaier (University of Madrid, Spain)

8. The Participation of Victims in International Criminal Trials: A Way Forward?, Prof. Vaios Koutroulis and Dr. Marie-Laurence Hébert-Dolbec (Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium)



Part 3 - Selected National Perspectives on Victim’ Rights Accross the EU : Major Trends and EU Law Impact


9. Victims’ Rights in Belgian Law: Significant Progress Due to the Influence of EU Law but Still Gaps to be Filled, Me. Maryse Alié (UCLouvain-Saint-Louis, Belgium) and Clémentine Samri (Brussels Bar, Belgium)

10. Victim Rights in the Netherlands: Unconditional Compliance or Pursuing the National Agenda?, Prof. Suzan van der Aa (Maastricht University, the Netherlands)

11. Victims’ Rights in Romania. The Long Journey from Legal Texts to Implementation, Diana Ionescu (Babe?-Bolyai University, Romania)

12. The Status of the Victim in Latvian Criminal Procedure Law – When the Most Urgent thing is to Strengthen Active Participation with Effective Protection, Prof. Kristine Strada-Rozenberga and Arija Maikalisa (University of Latvia)

13. Impact of EU Directives Related to Victims’ Rights on Lithuania’s Criminal Procedure, Prof. Gintaras Švedas (Vilnius University, Lithuania)

14. Italia, Prof. Valeria Scalia (University of Catania, Italy)

15. An Evaluation of the Impact of the EU Victims’s Rights Directive on the Scope of Victims’ Rights in Ireland, Prof. Gerard Conway (Brunel University, UK)


Part 4 - Key Challenges: Ensuring Coherence, Crisis responses, and Balancing Competing Interests


16. (Human Trafficking) Victims on the Margins of Protection: The (In)coherence of Sectoral Instruments?, Dr. Amy Weatherburn (Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique, Belgium)

17. Do Victims’ Rights and Defence Rights Really Have to be Equal?, Prof. Kristine Strada-Rozenberga (University of Latvia)

18. Towards More Rights for Victims to Participate in Criminal Proceedings? Reflections from the Implementation Experience of EU Defence Rights, Laure Baudrihaye-Gérard (Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium)

19. The Protection of Victims at EU Level: The Need for Cross-border Cooperation and Coordination, Aniella Ferenczi (Association of the European Network on Victims’ Rights)



Part 5: Conclusion and reflections

20. Transforming EU Victims’ Laws into Reality for Victims: Developing a Strategic Framework for the Implementation of Victims’ Rights, Levent Altan (Victim Support Europe, Belgium)

21. Exploring the Emergence of an EU Model for Victims’ Rights: Progress and Challenges, Prof. Chloé Brière (Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium)