KUROSAWA Mutsumi
   Department   Undergraduate School  , School of Law
   Position   Professor
Language Japanese
Publication Date 2018/03
Type Academic Journal
Invitation Invited paper
Title Current Status of Victim Support in Germany: The Third Reform Act on Victims' Rights of 2015
Contribution Type Sole-authored
Journal Japanese Journal of Victimology
Journal TypeJapan
Publisher Japanese Association of Victimology
Volume, Issue, Page (28),pp.92-109
Details This paper reviews the German Third Reform Act on Victims' Rights of 2015, which was enacted under the influence of the Directive 2012/29/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 establishing minimam standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime. The Act expanded the victims' right to obtain information and the protection of vitims and witnesses during examination, and made concrete provisions on the psychosocial escort etc. At the same time the Act on the psychosocial escort in criminal procedure was also enacted.
ISBN 9784792352493
ISSN 0918-9025