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Victim Support Europe Launches New Website to Expand Public’s Knowledge About Victims’ Rights
WITH COVID-19 creating an unprecedented rise in victims of crime seeking support for various issues, Victim Support Europe’s new website comes at a time when connecting victims to frontline support services and being able to access digital resources quickly and easily is critical. Victim Support Europe (VSE) has launched a new website to make it easier for people to […]
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Bulgarian authorities condemned by the European Court of Human Rights over lack of investigation into allegations of child sexual abuse
In a judgment of the 2nd of February 2021, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) found a violation of Article 3 (procedural obligation to conduct an effective investigation) of the European Convention of Human Rights, on the account of the Bulgarian authorities’ failure to conduct an effective investigation into allegations of sexual abuse in a Bulgarian orphanage. Background X, Y and Z, three Bulgarian children who were […]
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New EU project: Facility Dogs to support victims in Belgium, France and Italy
VSE is proud to announce the start of a new EU funded project called ‘FYDO – Facility Dogs in Europe’. Victims of crime often have to go through stressful settings such as being interviewed at a police station, giving testimony in a courtroom or simply going to an appointment with their support worker. All these […]