Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches und internationales Strafrecht

Victim Rights and Compensation in an International Comparison: France, Austria, Germany

There have been international efforts to reconsider and redefine the position of the crime victim (for further details see Weigend 1989; Eser/Walter 1996) and his/her role in criminal proceedings since the early Eighties.
In consequence of this intensified focus on the victim, i.e., of the "rediscovery" of the victim (cf. Kirchhoff / Sessar 1979), reflections on compensation have met with increased international attention.