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Victim Support Europe (VSE) supports the Commission’s recognition of the importance of standing up for victims of all crimes in general, and victims of GBV and DV in particular. In their future response, we invite the EU to: • Ensure the full and effective implementation of the existing EU legislation and policy instruments, in particular the Victims’ Rights Directive, the Victims’ Rights Strategy and the Gender…

The focus of the directive is to criminalise GBV. While this gives a strong signal that GBV is unacceptable in the European Union, it is an insufficient tool to combat violence and to protect victims, as the title of the draft directive promises. Criminalisation is not a solution that actually works, and it is not cost-efficient (see attachment). What does work and what is cost-efficient is prevention, i.e.

Victim Support Europe welcomes the Commission’s initiative to revise the EU Victims’ Rights Directive. VSE supports Option 2)b) Legislative initiative amending the Victims’ Rights Directive - Broader scope of the legislative amendments, for the following reasons: - While the Victims’ Rights Directive has been a crucial instrument and has proven to be very beneficial for victims and those working for them, there are…

Tackling and preventing violence against women and their children must be a key strategic priority now and in the future, if the EU aims to improve the situation of crime victims, particularly in view of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Victim Support Europe (VSE) is the leading European umbrella organisation advocating on behalf of all victims of crime, no matter what the crime, no matter who the victim is. VSE represents 78 member organisations, providing support and information to more than 2.5 million people affected by crime every year in 36 countries.