Submission into the Victorian Victim’s Charter review

The Victims Charter (the Charter) provides an important tool that can support victim survivors in recovery from family violence, as well as other crimes. However, consistent with the findings of the Victims of Crime Commission’s review of victim participation in the justice system Silenced and sidelined (the Review), feedback from our member services is that the principles of the Charter have not been incorporated evenly across relevant systems.

This submission makes a number of recommendations to improve embedding the Charter into practice and improve accessibility.