The protection of rights of the victims of crimes in light of the directive 2012/29/EU Cover Image

Ochrona praw ofiar przestępstw na gruncie przepisów Unii Europejskiej w świetle dyrektywy 2012/29/UE
The protection of rights of the victims of crimes in light of the directive 2012/29/EU

Author(s): Marta Kolendowska-Matejczuk
Subject(s): Criminal Law, Victimology, EU-Legislation
Published by: Oficyna Wydawnicza KA AFM
Keywords: rights of the victims of crimes; minimum standards; support and protection of victims of crime;

Summary/Abstract: The protection of rights of the victims of crimes is becoming issues, which has a more and more great significance in the European Union which since the time of the entry into force of the Treaty from Lisbon gained effective measures of the harmonization of national legislations of Member States in the recent time in the area of the criminal law by establishing the minimum standards. This publication is presenting the most important regulations of the directive of 2012/29 of the EU establishing minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime. The publication is pointing at regulations of the directive which at present aren’t fully fulfilled in the Polish legal system, what can cause certain problems in the process of the implementation of the directive in Poland.

  • Issue Year: X/2013
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 61-71
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Polish