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Announcing Our New Deputy Director: Aleksandra Ivankovic We are delighted to announce that Aleksandra Ivankovic, previously Project Manager of Victim Support Europe, has been appointed as our new Deputy Director. Aleksandra is a widely respected human rights lawyer with a passion for justice and equality for all. She has supported several international organisations, governments and NGOs and has developed her capacities […]

The photo of multicultural Europe of 2018 and the portrait of the pre-world wars Europe both depict the same mood: hate and dissonance. Nationalism was and still is perhaps the main cause. Nationalism transcended WWI and was the main force of WWII. In addition, the Yugoslav war of the 1990s and the conflict in Ukraine […]

Preparations for VSE’s Annual conference 2018 which is hosted jointly with Victim Support Sweden on 23-24 May in Södra Teatern Stockholm are entering into the final stage. There are 40 days left to the conference and the programme is almost finalized, giving the real meaning to this year’s theme which is Reaching out to Victims. Programme The conference […]

Today 22 February 2018, VSE members all around the Europe are organizing series of actions and events in recognition of #EuropeanDayForVictimsofCrime Below you will find information on some of the events that are taking place in: Belgium – Steunpunt Mens en Samenleving In Flanders SAM, Steunpunt Mens en Samenleving organises a congress day on the […]

Victim Support Europe as the leading European network of organisations is offering support to victims of crime across the EU. VSE’s members are supporting over 2 million victims across Europe every year. Whilst since the implementation deadline of the EU Victims’ Rights Directive many Member States have stepped up to improve victim support services across […]

We’re proud to officially announce that the VSE’s Annual conference, hosted jointly by Victim Support Sweden, will be held on 23-24 May in Stockholm, Sweden. You can find full details at http://www.vse2018.eu/. You can already pre-register at http://www.vse2018.eu/registration/ and this will secure you early bird rates. Full registration will open in the coming weeks once […]

VSE is proud to announce that our newest short film on revenge porn #RightToBeForgotten won the award for Best Indie Filmmaker at the Top Shorts Film Festival. Top Shorts is an IMDb qualifying festival, and was recently ranked 8th Best Reviewed Festival out of over 4,000 of the world’s best film festivals. It is the […]

In December 2017  VSE Executive Board approved two new membership applications. Since then our network counts 50 members and VSE network spreading over 27 different countries. Our new members are Women`s Room – Center for Sexual Rigths from Croatia and Irish Road Victims Association (IRVA) from Ireland. Women’s Room – Center for Sexual Rights The Women’s Room – Center […]

VIII Annual Conference of the Victimology Society of Serbia Victims between security, human rights and justice: Local and global context held on 30th November and 1st December 2017 in Belgrade. Within the main Conference topic, the focus was on exploring the connection between the concepts of security, human rights, and justice, and, in relation to […]

White Circle Croatia entered into partnership with NGO’s from Bulgaria, Croatia, Great Britain and Slovenia in FIRST project- first against violence, project that was co-funded by European Commission Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme. Employees of White Circle Croatia, legal adviser Matea Anić and operation manager Mia Božić Mihanović attended conference in Zagreb that held place […]

LIBRA ONLUS Association is now involved in the project “Game Over – You Win”, basically focused on the widespread social issue of gambling. Official data attest an overall increasing in the amount of money spent on gambling in Italy, with major consequences especially on the quality of life of people affected by this problem, typically […]

Supporting justice awarded their first Quality Mark to Derbyshire Victim Services. Derbyshire Victim Services offers support to victims of crime and anti-social behavior in Derbyshire and is run by Remedi which delivers restorative justice services in several areas across northern England. Derbyshire Victim Services offers an excellent service to victims and our assessment team were hugely […]