VICTIM OF CRIME AND EUROPE

Abstract

Particularized study of the 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, and of the case law of the European Court of Human Rights regarding victims of crime. The Spanish Parliament is currently discussing the transposition of this Directive (Draft Law of the Legal Statute of Victims of Crime).
It is going to produce unrequired changes, given that in Spain, unlike in the rest of European countries, the victim can become a party in the criminal procedure (private prosecutor), as well as other necessary adjustments. However, it will not affect what is most important: The modification of some attitudes of public authorities related to the investigation of crimes with vulnerable victims, the reconsideration of the limited evidentiary value of the statements of victims who are witnesses, and the effectiveness of protective measures when victims are in real danger