Is legal support for victims available from public agencies/bodies? Is there access for victims to assistance and justice?

Code:: RED12
Key Area:: Anti-discrimination Legislation & Implementation
Strand(s):: Discrimination, Equality

03/01/2012 - 15:54

Short Answer

Yes, legal support for victims is available from public agencies.

Qualitative Info

In 2004 and following the approval of Law n. 18/2004, dated May 11, which transposed Directive n. 2000/43/CE into national law, the Alto Comissariado para a Imigração e Minorias Étnicas (ACIME) [High Commission for Immigration and Ethnic Minorities] signed a Protocol with Associação Portuguesa de Apoio à Vítima – APAV [Portuguese Association for Victim Support], a non-profit voluntary charitable organisation, establishing the Unidade de Apoio à Vítima Imigrante e de Discriminação Racial ou Étnica (UAVIDRE) [Unit for the Support to Immigrant Victims and Victims of Racial and Ethnic Discrimination].

Since then and with the financial support of ACIDI (former ACIME) UAVIDRE intervenes particularly with regards to crimes of racial or ethnic discrimination, providing free legal orientation and psychological support.

Groups affected/interested

Ethnic minorities

Type (R/D)

Anti-migrant/xenophobia, Inter-ethnic

Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas

Anti-racism

External Url

http://www.apav.pt/portal_eng/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=76:uavidre-unit-for-the-support-to-immigrant-victims-and-for-racial-or-ethnic-discrimination&catid=44:frontpage&Itemid=78

Situation(s)

Library

29/02/2012 - 11:40