NCJ Number
163864
Date Published
1996
Length
25 pages
Annotation
This report presents the recommendations of the United Nations' Expert Group Meeting on Victims of Crime and Abuse of Power in the International Setting, held in Vienna on December 18-22, 1995.
Abstract
The Expert Group adopted two recommendations. The first recommendation consists of a resolution and five annexes. It recommends the implementation of the Declaration of Basic Principles of Justice for Victims of Crime and Abuse of Power. Among other things, the resolution included in this recommendation maintains that United Nations measures on behalf of victims should be comprehensive, multisectoral, and interdisciplinary, and that these measures should be integrated and coordinated among the various agencies and relevant United Nations bodies and programs. The annexes provided as a part of the first recommendation include an integrated plan of action on victims of crime and abuse of power, a model project on the establishment of victim services in the context of sustainable development, and a resource for promising practices. Remaining annexes contain a scheme for international crisis response teams for emergency assistance and the outline of a draft manual on the use and application of the Declaration of Basic Principles of Justice for Victims of Crime and Abuse of Power. The second recommendation advocates principles that guarantee the rights and interests of victims in the proceedings of the proposed international criminal court.