The EU Court of Justice ruled on 16 July in Case C-129/19 (see EUROPE B12487A26) that Member States must compensate all victims of violent intentional crime. While this compensation is not required to cover the full reparation of damages, it should not be symbolic, the judges say.
The Italian Court of Cassation - asked to rule on the case of Mrs BV, a victim of sexual violence in Italy who was not able to receive compensation because her attackers had fled - asked the EU Court of Justice...