Topics Protection of victim's rights

Constitute topics are built from the variables in the Comparative Constitutions Project’s dataset, which captures the content of world constitutions. The particular variables relevant to this topic are listed below, in the form of survey questions.

More information about the CCP’s research design is available here, including background information on how the team designed the inventory of constitutional topics as well as the full coding survey

Description

Grants the victims of crime rights in the justice process. These rights may include attendance at the trial, an opportunity to speak at the trial, restitution, or other measures to address the needs of crime victims.

Categories

Rights and Duties

Keywords

accused; criminal procedure

Survey Questions

  • Is there a special mention of victims rights in the constitution?