The Victims Rights and Support Act 2013: A Review and Analysis

This report analyzes the New South Wales Government Charter of Victims Rights and Support Act 2013. It details the Act's provisions, including the rights of victims to be treated with courtesy, compassion, and respect, and to receive information about services and remedies. The report highlights the Act's aims to protect victims and provide compensation for personal violence by convicts. Additionally, it discusses the Act's potential to reduce corruption and increase transparency within the legal system, allowing victims to track the status of their cases. The report also touches upon the Act's connection to the Forensic Providers Act 1990 and mental health review courts, underscoring the importance of considering the impact of legal proceedings on victims' mental well-being. The report concludes with a positive assessment of the Act's potential effectiveness in supporting victims.

New South Wales Government
Charter of Victims Rights
Victims and Support Act 2013

Charter of Victims Rights Victims and Support Act 2013
Strength:
A victim will be treated with courtesy, compassion, cultural sensitivity and respect. He is eligible
to get all information’s about services and remedies and have access to these services. A victim
will also facilitate with progressed information of investigation progress, prosecution accused,
and outcome of bail application, eligibility for absence from custody and trial process. A victim
will be protected against contact with accused and identity of himself. Additional to this; victim
will also get compensation for personal violence by convict.
What it can achieve:
Victim will be treated with dignity and compassion. How processes can deal with porous or
harrowing opportunities victims have to suffer further suffering and misery as a result of life and
the tragedy. Victim who takes up residence in front of mental health review court, It should be
consciously and in a recognizable way he sees the impact of influence and communication on
victim perception about its effects; law that instructs lawyers in any litigation before a
psychological welfare court or law that comes to us or requires us to; those who have been made
aware of the health laws (Forensic Providers Act) 1990.
Personal opinion:
Moreover; this new charter will work well and effective for victims; as this will reduce the
corruption and bring transparency in whole law and legislative system. It will help victim to
track what has done to convict and what is the current status of case.