• Victims at the heart of the criminal justice system

  The effectiveness of a justice system depends on the trust, confidence, engagement and participation of victims.

• Victims' needs

  Victims of crime will have differing needs when participating in the justice system.

• Maori and Tauiwi have differing concepts of justice

  Through historical and more recent conversations, attention has focused on the different nature of justice in Māori and Tauiwi societies.

• Victims Code of Rights

  The Victims Code of Rights sets out how people can expect to be treated when they're a victim of crime in Aotearoa.

• Principles guiding treatment of victims

  The Victims Code of Rights principles give guidance to people, organisations and government agencies that provide services to victims and tell victims what they can expect.

• Government agencies have responsibilities to victims

  The government has a responsibility to keep its citizens safe. If its citizens are harmed, then government has extra responsibilities to respond to the harm caused.

• Giving feedback or making a complaint

  Organisations that provide services to victims must make it easy for victims to give feedback or make a complaint.

• History of victims' rights in Aotearoa

  Read more about the development and implementation of victims' rights in Aotearoa New Zealand.

   

This page was last updated: 31st August 2021