The Crime Victims Rights Act (CVRA)

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Victims’ rights under human right is a one of the global issues which people concern a lot nowadays. The Crime Victims’ Rights Act (CVRA) claimed that the victims and their families are ignored and treated as non-participants. Also, the judges only focus on defendants’ right and did not offer any place for them in a court system. The purposes of the CVRA are to keep inform about all development in the criminal justice process to the victim of the crime and also to facilitate the participation of victim. (Paul, Nathanael, Bradley., 2014) The CVRA containing specific provision addressing a place for victim in the criminal proceeding as well as a right of judicial review. (Cassell, 2015)

According to Cassell, Nathanael, Bradley (2014), since …show more content…

Service right means to provide a better treatment and experiences to the victim in the criminal justice system while the procedural right means to provide more participatory role to the victim with in the decision-making process like sentencing. (Marie, 2015) The main reasons why it is so difficult to balance the rights of victims with the rights of offenders at the first period or at the moment are the the privacy of victim, judgment of who is the victim and the emotional act of the …show more content…

Hong Kong as an international city should put more afford on victims’ right for example to amend the Victim Charter or even to change the charter to a legally binding ordinances. Although it is a step too far to say that victims are the center or the heart of the justice system, victim should not be neglected in any cases. (Jana, 2011) As I have mentioned that if the victim is treated better, the more people are willing to report the crime to the police. The crime rate would be more accurate. Also, there are mainly three conflicts between the victim and the defendant and they are the protection of victims’ privacy, the judgment of who is the victim and the emotional act towards the defendant. Hopefully, there will be more protection on victims’ right in Hong Kong in a foreseeable

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