How to protect and support victims
Victims of crimes are entitled to protection and support. Protection can e.g. be ensured through specialised support services that provide medical, psychological and legal services to victims and their children and through shelters and free helplines. All protection should be carried out with a victim-centred approach. On this page, you will find a presentation of different EEA and Norway Grants projects about protecting and supporting victims.
Measures for the protection and support of victims of gender-based and domestic violence
- Information on victims’ rights
- Focus on the needs and rights of child witnesses
- Protection or restraining orders
- Emergency barring orders
- Safe custody and visitation rights for children
- Free telephone helplines / internet helplines
- Support services
- Shelters
- Rape crisis or sexual violence reception centres
- Report violence to the relevant authorities
- Regional or international complaint mechanisms