victims' rights
Harmed parties' entitlements
Victims' rights are legal protections and entitlements afforded to people who have suffered from crimes.
These typically include the right to be notified of court proceedings, to be present at trial, to make statements at sentencing, and to receive restitution from offenders.
The victims' rights movement emerged in the 1970s as a counterweight to protections afforded the accused: The prosecutor explained her victims' rights before the hearing.
- day in courtChance to present one's case
- counseling servicesProfessional emotional support sessions
- justice systemFramework for enforcing laws
- truth commissionsOfficial bodies investigating past atrocities
- crisis interventionHelp during acute emergencies
speaking out · community outreach · protective orders · shelter programs · safe space · peer support groups · educational workshops · restitution · legal aid · witness protection · parole hearings
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Protections afforded criminal defendants
defendant's rights · prisoner rights · presumption of innocence · inmate rights · right to counsel
victims' rightsrestorative justice
Conflict resolution through mutual healing
prison reform · abolition movement · decarceration · leniency · clemency
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