Activities of Silvia COSTA related to 2011/0129(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime (debate)
Amendments (2)
Amendment 166 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) Some victims are particularly vulnerable during criminal proceedings to secondary and repeat victimisation and to intimidation by the offender or his associates. Such vulnerability can broadly be identified from the personal characteristics of the victim and the type or nature of the crime. On this basis some victims such as children, persons with disabilities, victims of sexual violence and victims of human trafficking are in most cases vulnerable to further victimisation and in need of special protection measures. Only in exceptional circumstances, such as balancing the fundamental rights of the accused or suspected person, or where the victim so wishes, should access to such protection measures be limited. In addition to measures available to all victims, Member States should ensure that specific assistance, support and protection measures are available to child victims. Those measures should be provided in the best interests of the child and in accordance with the 1989 United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. In the case of victims of human trafficking and victims of child sexual abuse, sexual exploitation and child pornography, where specific and more detailed provisions are already included in separate instruments adopted or in course of negotiation this Directive does not deal with those same matters.
Amendment 484 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – introductory part
Article 22 – introductory part
In the application of this Directive the child's best interests shall be a primary consideration and in addition to the measures provided for in Article 21, Member States shall ensure that where the victim is a child: