Perspective of APAV Work in Human Rights

The Crime Victim Support
Perspective of APAV Work in
Human Rights
Being a victim of crime can lead to denial of certain human rights
Victims
Human rights
Domestic Violence victims
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Children victims of sexual abuse
•Born free and equal in dignity and rights
•The right to security
•Torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading
treatment
Elderly victims of abuse
•Equal in dignity
•The right to security
•Torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading
treatment
Equal in dignity
the right to security
Torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading
treatment
Victims
Human rights
victims of racial/ethnic discrimination
•No distinction shall be made
•Freedom to manifest his religion or belief
in teaching, practice, worship and
observance?
Homicide victims
•Everyone has the right to life
•Torture, cruel inhuman or degrading
treatment
Victimst of trafficking in human beings
•Torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading
treatment
Victims of terrorism
•Everyone has the right to security
•Torture, cruel inhuman or degrading
treatment
Everyone has the right to an effective remedy by
the competent national tribunals for acts
violating the fundamental rights granted him by
the constitution or by law.
Article 8.
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Of the three main parties in the justice system
– the state, the offender and the victim –
the victim's position was, and is, the most fragile,
On 25 June, 1990 the Portuguese Association for
Victim Support was created.
After 12 year protecting the crime victim s
APAV received the
Portuguese Parliament 2002
Human Rights Award.
The basic principles in victims support are:
• support to victims of crime is necessary for the
balance of the community and for social
cohesion;
• each victim must be treated individually, since
individuals reactions to crime can vary greatly
and are highly personal;
The basic principles in victims support are:
• services must be free;
• the access to services must be ruled by
the equality principle, with no opportunity for
any kind of discrimination.
10 Policy Measures to Support Victims
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Prevention of Victimhood
Respect and Recognition
Protection
Information
Training
10 Policy Measures to Support Victims
6. Victim/offender mediation
7. Compensation
8. Health
9. Education and employment
10. Support to organisations
APAV Projects
Alcipe – Domestic Violence Against Women
Handbook for professionals
who assist women victims of
domestic violence
APAV Projects
Títono – Elderly victims of abuse
Handbook for professional
and
Media campaign
APAV Projects
PAX – Victims of terrorism
APAV Projects
Caronte – Support to family and friends of
homicide victims
APAV Projects
May I help you? – Turists victms of crime
APAV Projects
4D – Integrated prevention in schools
adaptation of the Canadian
program
“The Fourth R” - David Wolfe
APAV Projects
Victims & Mediation
Protection of victims’ rights
and interests within victimoffender mediation, by
promoting a transnational
cooperation and best
practices exchange.
APAV Projects
Stop Sex Trafficking of
Children and Young People
Petition carried out by The Body
Shop with the support of the
Portuguese Association for Victim
Support (APAV) in Portugal.
The Body Shop aims to reach the
United Nations as a global
petition.
APAV Projects
Referentiation (pioneering project)
APAV media campaigns
Campaign:
"Violence Against Children"
Agency: McCann Erickson
Year: 1998
Campaign:
"Violence Against Women / Reality Show"
Agency: McCann Erickson
Year: 2000
Campaign:
"Violence Against Women"
Agency: Park Saatchi & Saatchi
Year: 2002
Campaign:
"There are brands no one should wear"
Agency: GREY
Year: 2008
Campaign:
"There are brands no one should wear"
Agency: GREY
Year: 2008
Campaign:
"Break the Silence"
Agency: JWT
Year: 2005
Campaign:
"Break the Silence"
Agency: JWT
Year: 2005
Campaign:
"Violence between same-sex partners"
Agency: Gemma
Year: 2009
Partner: ILGA Portugal
Sponsors: AIC - Arquivo Internacional de
Cor, VMI – Comunicação pela Imagem &
IDG – Imagem Digital Gráfica
Campaign:
"This Includes Me"
Agency: McCann Erickson
Year: 2007
Campaign:
"This Includes Me"
Agency: McCann Erickson
Year: 2007
Campaign:
"This Includes Me"
Agency: McCann Erickson
Year: 2007
Campaign:
"Why Make It Easy?"
Agency: JWT
Year: 2010
Campaign:
"Violence Against Elderly People"
Agency: Cupido
Year: 2010
Campaign:
"Violence Against Elderly People"
Agency: Cupido
Year: 2010
Campaign:
"May I Help You?"
Agency: McCann Erickson
Year: 2011
Campaign:
"May I Help You?"
Agency:
McCann Erickson
Year: 2011
Campaign:
"May I Help You?"
Agency:
McCann Erickson
Year: 2011
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