Victim Support Europe Information

Victim Support Europe (VSE) is the leading European umbrella organisation advocating on behalf of all victims of crime, no matter what the crime, no matter who the victim is. VSE represents 56 national member organisations, providing support and information services to more than 2 million people affected by crime every year in 27 countries. Together we act as the voice of victims. Founded in 1990, VSE has been working for over 25 years for a Europe, and a world, where all victims have strong victims’ rights and services, whether they report the crime or not. We work towards this mission through advocacy to improve EU and international laws, through research and knowledge development and through capacity building at the national and local level.