Council of the European Union and European Parliament 25 October 2012, Directive 2012/29/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 establishing minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime, and replacing Council Framework Decision 2001/220/JHA

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CHAPTER 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1. Objectives
Article 2. Definitions
CHAPTER 2. PROVISION OF INFORMATION AND SUPPORT
Article 3. Right to understand and to be understood
Article 4. Right to receive information from the first contact with a competent authority
Article 5. Right of victims when making a complaint
Article 6. Right to receive information about their case
Article 7. Right to interpretation and translation
Article 8. Right to access victim support services
Article 9. Support from victim support services
CHAPTER 3. PARTICIPATION IN CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS
Article 10. Right to be heard
Article 11. Rights in the event of a decision not to prosecute
Article 12. Right to safeguards in the context of restorative justice services
Article 13. Right to legal aid
Article 14. Right to reimbursement of expenses
Article 15. Right to the return of property
Article 16. Right to decision on compensation from the offender in the course of criminal proceedings
Article 17. Rights of victims resident in another Member State
CHAPTER 4. PROTECTION OF VICTIMS AND RECOGNITION OF VICTIMS WITH SPECIFIC PROTECTION NEEDS
Article 18. Right to protection
Article 19. Right to avoid contact between victim and offender
Article 20. Right to protection of victims during criminal investigations
Article 21. Right to protection of privacy
Article 22. Individual assessment of victims to identify specific protection needs
Article 23. Right to protection of victims with specific protection needs during criminal proceedings
Article 24. Right to protection of child victims during criminal proceedings
CHAPTER 5. OTHER PROVISIONS
Article 25. Training of practitioners
Article 26. Cooperation and coordination of services
CHAPTER 6. FINAL PROVISIONS
Article 27. Transposition
Article 28. Provision of data and statistics
Article 29. Report
Article 30. Replacement of Framework Decision 2001/220/JHA
Article 31. Entry into force
Article 32. Addressees

14.11.2012

Official Journal of the European Union

L 315/57

DIRECTIVE 2012/29/EU OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

of 25 October 2012

establishing minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime, and replacing Council Framework Decision 2001/220/JHA

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the

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