In recent years, VSE began developing its media content. Our aim is to support the exchange of knowledge among practitioners, to raise awareness among the general public and to better inform the victims of their rights and services that exist.
All our multimedia products provide factual information. You are free to decide what to use and when.
Please, find all our videos on VSE’s Youtube Channel.
To make it easier to navigate, we have created playlists that group content by topic, including: Information for practitioners, Trafficking, Terrorism, Domestic violence, Cybercrime, and more.
We will continue expanding our collection of videos and podcasts in the coming months.
Through a series of videos displaying expert interviews on the different facets of victims’ rights issues, VSE in collaboration with the partners raise audience awareness of victims’ rights and support services. The videos are usually recycled for the purpose of a capacity building workshops on the certain thematics, aimed at victim support professionals.
The campaign features the faces and voices of victims that we discover through the campaign animations and videos. In these films – one produced for each partner country, in the national language, victims invite the public on a powerful and emotional journey through their stories. From its opening, spotlighting stunning vistas of the country landscape, where the victim’s narrative takes place to the setting in which the offense occurred, the videos showcase the impacts of crime and empower victims to act. The characters share what happened to them, their doubts and fears, how they discovered that support existed, when and how they had the courage to seek for help and how they were assisted.
Find the multimedia campaign content and other information on the dedicated campaign webpage.
‘One Voice – One Cause’ awareness-raising multimedia campaign content.
The ‘One Voice-One Cause” campaign aimed at: (1) putting pressure on national governments in regards to the implementation of the major EU law on victims’ rights (the EU Victims’ Rights Directive) and (2) informing EU citizens of their victims’ rights and the available support services.
Crime Is Crime. Even Online’ awareness-raising campaign multimedia content.
In 2019, Victim Support Europe (VSE) has conducted ‘Crime Is Crime. Even Online’ campaign-in-collaboration to inform netizens of their rights when subjects of online hate, and available support services in the case of victimisation.
By using the tagline “Crime is Crime. Even Online”, the campaign relied heavily on expert videos to convey its main theme, emphasising a focus on the rights of victims’ of online hate speech.
In 2018, the European External Action Service (EEAS) ran “Good Human Rights Stories Initiative”, a cross-regional coalition of human rights-minded countries to develop and share a new positive narrative on Human Rights. The EU story focused on the victims’ rights.
Victim Support Europe have been asked by the EEAS to showcase good news stories relevant to victims’ rights. VSE (in collaboration with Transcendent Media Capital) have created five short videos, which reflect how the EU has benefitted victims of crime.
The videos were shown at the UN General Assembly meeting in New York on the 26th of September, during which the EU together with other countries (14 foreign ministers and the UN) launched the Good Human Rights Stories global initiative. The ceremony was chaired by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Vice President, Federica Mogherini.
In 2023, 10 years after the 2012 Victims’ Rights Directive (VRD) was adopted, the European Commission proposed to improve the VRD.
The revision of the Directive was sorely needed. VSE’s preliminary findings from the BENEVICT project, which examined the implementation of the Victims’ Rights Directive across the 27 EU Member States, highlighted the many problems victims face when seeking justice, accessing support and in the way they are treated.
One year ahead of the European Parliament election, we called on politicians, policymakers, practitioners, and every person to stand as one for victims and to support the publication of the revised Victims’ Rights Directive to ensure that no victim will be forgotten or remains voiceless!
This 2023 campaign aimed to rethink the way information is organized, provided and presented to victims.
“In the last 40 years, all States have recognised the importance of the right to information. Part of the reason for reviewing how these rights operate/are implemented now, are because the problems identified suggest that the way of thinking of information rights is not efficient and that they won’t be/can’t be implemented properly under the current approach”
Many people with intellectual and psychosocial disabilities face discrimination and barriers to justice across the EU. But legal action can drive real change.
That’s where strategic litigation comes in—it’s not just about winning cases for individuals but challenging unfair laws to create lasting impact. Take Hungary, where residents of a state-run institution faced abuse but couldn’t fight back due to restrictive guardianship laws. Through strategic litigation, advocates are working to hold the system accountable.
In this podcast, we’ll explore these legal battles, meet the experts behind them, and uncover how the law can be a tool for justice.
Does the train only pass once? Harmonising support for victims of gender-based violence
The 2gether4victims podcast, Does the Train Only Pass Once?, is a twelve-part audio documentary, taking listeners on an immersive train journey across Europe to explore how support services for victims of gender-based violence can—and must—improve.
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