VICToRIIA Project final conference | Brussels

Published 21 February 2020.

The final conference of VICToRIIA Project: Best Practices in Victim’s Support: Referrals, Information, Individual Assessment took place on the 20^th February, in the Permanent Representation of Romenia to the European Union, in Brussels.

João Lázaro, president of both APAV and Victim Support Europe, welcomed Romanian ambassador Căllin Stoica, who reinforced the importance of the debate on crime victims’ rights both in Europe and in Romania specifically, where there is still a long way to go before consolidating these rights. The opening panel included also Algimantas Čepas, director of Lithuania’s Crime Prevention Center, VICToRIIA Project’s promoter.

In the conference, besides discussing the main obstacles and best practices in victim’s support in terms of referrals, information, and individual assessment put in place in Portugal, Romania, Italy and Lithuania, it was also given attention to future actions towards the establishment of these rights.

APAV’s Marta Carmo and Frederico Marques presented the Portuguese contributes and measures adopted within the project, such as Infovictims and referrals pilot projects.