CEDAR
Continuing Education Against Radicalisation
Project
VicTory
Restorative and victim-centred approach to mitigate hate and (violent) extremism
Timeframe
11/2024 – 10/2026 (24 months)
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European initiative to mitigate the impact of hate and extremist-related incidents via a restorative and victim-centred cooperative approach
Recognising the prevalence of hate-motivated incidents in European societies, and how those impacted by it struggle to come forward and get the needed reparation, leading to the current recognised need to empower victims of crime and co-jointly promoting their rights (as per the EU Strategy for Victims 2020-2025), VicTory aims to build a victim-centred approach to the support and guidance of victims of hate and (violent) extremism-related incidents.
Mobilising a holistic approach, the VicTory project strives to foster effective and coherent implementation of legislation and practices that protect victims’ rights, capacitating professionals working with victims, both from governmental and non-governmental institutions, through sustainable, tailor-made, and needs-oriented solutions.
Following the EU Strategy for Victims (2020-2025), VicTory will innovate by developing its restorative-led framework, ensuring victims of hate and (violent) extremism incidents are given the needed support, agency, and restoration, avoiding secondary victimisation, and instead promoting personal and communitarian empowerment.
Where
- Finland
- Hungary
- Italy
- Portugal
- Spain
Funding
- JUST (Justice Programme) - JUST-2023-JACC-EJUSTICE
Objectives
Build a victim-centred approach to the support of victims of hate crimes and (violent) extremism-related incidents.
Enhance the capacities, intervention support, and cooperation of key practitioners (i.e. criminal justice professionals, victims support workers, and case managers) when working with victims of hate crimes and (violent) extremism-related incidents.
Improve the effective and coherent application of legislation and good practices, such as restorative-led, to uphold victims’ rights, mitigating secondary victimisation.
Expected outcomes
Holistic mapping and screening of the European landscape on victim support work, especially concerning vulnerable victims, such as those from hate and (violent) extremism-related incidents.
Online dynamic information repository to ease the access of victims to key information before/during/after the criminal justice process.
Best and promising practices practical handbook to support victim support work.
Evidence and needs-based restorative centred programme for victims’ support, with a special focus on victims of hate and (violent) extremism incidents.
Participative needs assessment of victims of hate and (violent)extremism-related incidents and of the professionals working to support them.
Grounded and transferable framework for the establishment of multi-agency cooperation protocols.
Cross-sectoral online platform for international cooperation.
European-wide awareness-raising efforts on restorative practices to support victims of hate and (violent)extremism incidents.
Training efforts (online + events) for victim support workers and criminal justice professionals.
Enhancing cooperation events for victim support and local practitioners.
Transferable and practical knowledge consolidation resources.
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