Portugal - 2012
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
| 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 |
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