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Council of Europe Press Division
Ref: 566a06
Tel: +33 (0)3 88 41 25 60
Fax:+33 (0)3 88 41 39 11
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internet: www.coe.int/press
"Victims: place, rights and assistance" on the agenda of the 27th
Conference of European Ministers of Justice in Yerevan
Strasbourg, 09.10.2006 - The Ministers of Justice of the Council of
Europe's 46 member States will meet in Yerevan (Armenia) on 12 and 13
October to find new ways of promoting and developing support and
assistance to victims, facilitating their access to justice and ensuring
that victims of crime do not also become victims of administrative
procedures and bureaucracy.
The President of Armenia, Robert Kocharian, and the Council of Europe's
Director General of Legal Affairs, Guy de Vel, will address the
participants when the conference opens on Thursday 12 October at 9 am
(the meeting will be open to the press until 10.30 am).
During the conference, the ministers present will sign a number of
Council of Europe treaties.
The increasing rate of criminality as well as the threat and the acts of
terrorism demonstrate the need for member States to promote the
individual's security and dignity and respond to violence by devising
and implementing social and judicial measures to assist the victims.
The conference will provide an opportunity to review existing standards
and practices in the member countries, as well as any shortcomings in
them or their implementation, and identify needs for additional
instruments.
The Council of Europe adopted a new recommendation on assistance to
crime victims (Rec (2006) 8
<http://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc.jsp?Ref=3DRec(200 6)8&Sector=3DsecCM&Language=3DlanEnglish&a mp;Ver=3Doriginal&BackColorInternet=3D9999CC&a mp;BackColorIntranet=3DFFBB55&BackColorLogged= 3DFFAC75> ) in June 2006. The Council of Europe
has long regarded aid for victims as a priority, having adopted a
Convention on the compensation of victims of violent crimes
<http://conventions.coe.int/Treaty/Commu n/QueVoulezVous.asp?NT=3D116&CM=3D8&DF=3D9 /27/2006&CL=3DENG> in 1983 and the Convention on the
prevention of terrorism
<http://conventions.coe.int/Treaty/Co mmun/QueVoulezVous.asp?NT=3D196&CM=3D8&DF= 3D9/27/2006&CL=3DENG> and the Convention on action against
trafficking in human beings
<http://conventions.coe.int/Treaty/Commu n/QueVoulezVous.asp?NT=3D197&CM=3D8&DF=3D9 /27/2006&CL=3DENG> in 2005.
A press conference will be held on Friday 13 October at 12.15 pm (House
of Government, 47 Mashtots Avenue).
Journalists are invited to obtain accreditation from Anahit Voskanyan,
Armenian Ministry of Justice, tél. +374 10 582 581, fax +374 10 582
157, e-mail [email protected]
For further information on the conference, consult www.coe.int/minjust
Press contact:
Estelle Steiner, Press officer, Council of Europe
Tel. +33 (0)3 88 41 33 35, mobile +33 (0)6 08 46 01 57,
[email protected]
To receive our press releases by e-mail, contact :
[email protected]
A political organisation set up in 1949, the Council of Europe works to
promote democracy and human rights continent-wide. It also develops
common responses to social, cultural and legal challenges in its 46
member states.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
Council of Europe Press Division
Ref: 566a06
Tel: +33 (0)3 88 41 25 60
Fax:+33 (0)3 88 41 39 11
[email protected]
internet: www.coe.int/press
"Victims: place, rights and assistance" on the agenda of the 27th
Conference of European Ministers of Justice in Yerevan
Strasbourg, 09.10.2006 - The Ministers of Justice of the Council of
Europe's 46 member States will meet in Yerevan (Armenia) on 12 and 13
October to find new ways of promoting and developing support and
assistance to victims, facilitating their access to justice and ensuring
that victims of crime do not also become victims of administrative
procedures and bureaucracy.
The President of Armenia, Robert Kocharian, and the Council of Europe's
Director General of Legal Affairs, Guy de Vel, will address the
participants when the conference opens on Thursday 12 October at 9 am
(the meeting will be open to the press until 10.30 am).
During the conference, the ministers present will sign a number of
Council of Europe treaties.
The increasing rate of criminality as well as the threat and the acts of
terrorism demonstrate the need for member States to promote the
individual's security and dignity and respond to violence by devising
and implementing social and judicial measures to assist the victims.
The conference will provide an opportunity to review existing standards
and practices in the member countries, as well as any shortcomings in
them or their implementation, and identify needs for additional
instruments.
The Council of Europe adopted a new recommendation on assistance to
crime victims (Rec (2006) 8
<http://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc.jsp?Ref=3DRec(200 6)8&Sector=3DsecCM&Language=3DlanEnglish&a mp;Ver=3Doriginal&BackColorInternet=3D9999CC&a mp;BackColorIntranet=3DFFBB55&BackColorLogged= 3DFFAC75> ) in June 2006. The Council of Europe
has long regarded aid for victims as a priority, having adopted a
Convention on the compensation of victims of violent crimes
<http://conventions.coe.int/Treaty/Commu n/QueVoulezVous.asp?NT=3D116&CM=3D8&DF=3D9 /27/2006&CL=3DENG> in 1983 and the Convention on the
prevention of terrorism
<http://conventions.coe.int/Treaty/Co mmun/QueVoulezVous.asp?NT=3D196&CM=3D8&DF= 3D9/27/2006&CL=3DENG> and the Convention on action against
trafficking in human beings
<http://conventions.coe.int/Treaty/Commu n/QueVoulezVous.asp?NT=3D197&CM=3D8&DF=3D9 /27/2006&CL=3DENG> in 2005.
A press conference will be held on Friday 13 October at 12.15 pm (House
of Government, 47 Mashtots Avenue).
Journalists are invited to obtain accreditation from Anahit Voskanyan,
Armenian Ministry of Justice, tél. +374 10 582 581, fax +374 10 582
157, e-mail [email protected]
For further information on the conference, consult www.coe.int/minjust
Press contact:
Estelle Steiner, Press officer, Council of Europe
Tel. +33 (0)3 88 41 33 35, mobile +33 (0)6 08 46 01 57,
[email protected]
To receive our press releases by e-mail, contact :
[email protected]
A political organisation set up in 1949, the Council of Europe works to
promote democracy and human rights continent-wide. It also develops
common responses to social, cultural and legal challenges in its 46
member states.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress