Toward establishing basic rights of victims in Japan

The author talks about improving victim rights in Japan and his important role in it. A period of Victims? Renaissance in Japan began in the 1990s when the Japanese Association of Victimology and Mito Victim Assistance Cener, first non-governmental community-based integrated victim support center in Japan were established. Since May 1999 to May 2004, four laws such as ?Crime Victim Protection Law?, ?Child Abuse Prevention Law?, ?Law for Proscribing Stalking Behavior? and so on were enacted and six laws were reformed. The word ?rights of victim?, did not appear in any laws. After 2000, the National Association of Crime Victims and Surviving Families (NAVS) played an important role. This Association achieved a great success in securing victims a position as the subject of rights. In June 2007, Japan changed the Criminal Procedure Law. This new law will be effective on six months after the day of promulgation. Japanese Government will promulgate it till the end of 2007. Under this new law, crime victims will be allowed to take part in criminal trials, and also make statements during trials.

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