Supporting and Protecting the Victims of Crime in the European Union. Some General Considerations

• Author: Ioana-Minodora Rusu
• Position: Assistant Professor, PhD, 'Dimitrie Cantemir' University of Bucharest, Romania
• Pages: 73-83

JURIDICA

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European and International Law

Supporting and Protecting the Victims of

Crime in the European Union. Some

General Considerations

Ioana-Minodora RUSU

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Abstract: In the present paper there were examined, th e general provisions of Directive 2012/29/EU

of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 establishing the minimum standards

on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime and replacing the Framework Decision

2001/220/JHA. The p aper continues other studies relating to international judicial cooperation in

criminal matters, published in national or international journals or conference proceedings. Developed

in a modern way that allows understanding the terms used by the European legislator and the described

objectives, the paper can be u seful to academics, practitioners or European legislator in terms of

changing and supplementing this legislative act. The innovations consist in the brief examination, in

the critical opinions and in formulating de lege ferenda, by which we pro pose a single act regulating

the rights, supporting and protecting victims of crime by amending and completion of the examined

document.

Keywords: Offense; purpose; child; cooperation

1. Introduction

The permanent expansion of cross-border crime in Europe has led the Member States

to adopt new decisions, the ultimate goal being to continuously improve the complex

work of international judicial cooperation in criminal matters and therefore reducing

this type of crime.

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Assistant Professor, PhD, “Dimitrie Cantemir” University of Bucharest, Romania, Address: 176

Splaiul Unirii, Bucharest 030134, Romania, Tel.: +4021 330 8931, Corresponding author:

oanarusu_86@yahoo.com.

AUDJ, vol. 12, no. 2/2016, pp. 73-83