Julia Burchett

Stronger Victims' Rights in EU Law?

Assessment and Prospects
Herausgeber: Mitsilegas, Valsamis; Ligeti, Katalin

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This collection looks at the protection of victims' rights in EU law. Taking a four-part approach, it firstly focuses on the Victims' Rights Directive and the proposal for a Directive on combating violence against women. It then explores victims' rights in the national laws of the Member States, including France, Germany, Hungary, the Netherlands, Romania, Lithuania and Ireland. Finally it analyses the main challenges in the field and the need for coherence between the different competing interests.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hart Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 450
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 837g
• ISBN-13: 9781509975358
• ISBN-10: 1509975357
• Artikelnr.: 71247311

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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-Chotouman (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 Svedas (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)