Assisting Victims of Terrorism

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxxi

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2. Introduction and Definitions

   • Rianne Letschert, Ines Staiger

   Pages 1-30

3. International Initiatives and Activities Focusing Specifically on Victims of Terrorism, Including Existing International Instruments

   • Rianne Letschert

   Pages 31-71

4. Needs of Victims of Terrorism

   • Antony Pemberton

   Pages 73-141

5. Psycho-Social Assistance

   • Antony Pemberton

   Pages 143-170

6. Access to Justice and Administration of Justice

   • Ines Staiger

   Pages 171-213

7. Compensation and Reparation for Victims of Terrorism

   • Rianne Letschert, Karin Ammerlaan

   Pages 215-266

8. Restorative Justice and Victims of Terrorism

   • Ines Staiger

   Pages 267-337

9. Back Matter

   Pages 339-348

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The fight against terrorism is receiving increased awareness due to recent wor- wide large-scale terrorist acts, and only since then has some attention been directed specifically to victims of terrorism. Existing legal instruments of international b- ies like the European Union, the Council of Europe and the United Nations c- cerning victims of terrorism are relatively abstract or include victims of terrorism under the broader heading of victims of crime in general. In addition, policies and legislation relating to victims of crime or victims of terrorism vary widely on the domestic level. Against this background, the European Union commissioned a project that should aim to develop more extensive standards for the aid and ass- tance of victims of terrorism at the European level. This study provides the basis from which more extensive standards could be derived. The study focuses parti- larly on developing standards in the field of continuing assistance, access to justice, administration of justice and compensation to victims of terrorism. A novel feature of the approach is that also the possible utility of restorative justice approaches is examined. An important question to address was whether there is a real need to adopt s- cific standards for victims of terrorism, thereby implying that their needs might differ from victims of ordinary crime.

• 11 September 2001
• 11. September 2001
• 9/11
• European criminal law
• RAF
• Terrorist
• compensation
• criminal policy
• criminology
• justice
• restorative justice
• terrorism
• victimology
• victims
• victims of terrorism

• International Victimology, Tilburg University, Tilburg, Netherlands

  Rianne Letschert, Antony Pemberton

• Leuvens Instituut vr Criminologie (LINC), Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

  Ines Staiger

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