The implementation of the 2012 Victim’s Rights Directive remains largely unsatisfactory, according to an evaluation report published by the European Commission on Monday 11 May. At issue: an often incomplete or incorrect transposition into national legal orders.
Member States had until 16 November 2015 at the latest to transpose this Directive, which allows victims of crime to benefit from a set of basic support services, such as psychological assistance or the right to translation,...