- YOU HAVE BECOME A CRIME VICTIM: CONSEQUENCES AND REACTIONS
- CRIME VICTIM’S RIGHTS
- RIGHT TO ACCESS PROFESSIONAL SUPPORT SERVICES
- PARTICIPATION IN CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS
- RIGHT TO BE HEARD DURING CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS
- RIGHT TO FILE A COMPLAINT AGAINST THE DECISION TO END CRIMINAL PROSECUTION
- ACCESS TO MEDIATION AND ALTERNATIVE PROCEEDINGS
- RIGHT TO LEGAL AID
- REIMBURSEMENT OF NECESSARY EXPENSES
- PARTICIPATION IN CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS
- REIMBURSEMENT OF DAMAGES
- CRIME VICTIM, WHO HAS RESIDENCE IN A COUNTRY OTHER THAN THE CZECH REPUBLIC
- RIGHT TO PROTECTION
- VULNERABLE VICTIMS OF CRIME
- LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
- WHO IS WHO
- JUDGE
- PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
- POLICE OFFICER
- PERPETRATOR, REFERRED TO UNDER CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGSAS THE ACCUSED, DEFENDANT OR CONVICT
- SOLICITOR OF THE PERPETRATOR OF CRIMINAL OFFENCE
- CRIME VICTIM
- REPRESENTATIVE (REPRESENTATIVE OF THE INJURED IN CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS)
- WITNESS
- EXPERT WITNESS
- INTERPRETER
- PROFESSIONAL ASSIGNED TO SUPPORT VICTIMS OF CRIMINAL OFFENCES
- COURT OFFICER, HEAD OF OFFICE, SENIOR COURT OFFICER
- CONFIDANT
USEFUL CONTACTS
Czech Police – line 158 (non-stop)
Crisis helpline for crime victims – (+420) 257 317 110 (non-stop)
DONA helpline for domestic violence victims – (+420) 251 511 313 (non-stop)
RIAPS crisis centre, crisis intervention – (+420) 222 586 768 (non-stop)
Helpline (Prague) – (+420) 222 580 697 (non-stop)
Helpline for children up to 18 years – (+420) 116 111 (non-stop free of charge)
Crisis centre for children – (+420) 241 484 149 (non-stop)
Senior telephone – (+420) 800 157 157 (non-stop free of charge)
Czech association of road accident victims – (+420) 739 983 321
La Strada – (+420) 222 717 171
COURTS
Contacts for corresponding courts and public prosecutors, incl. phone and e-mail contacts is available on web pages of the Ministry of Justice of the Czech Republic www.justice.cz under headwords “Courts” and “Public prosecutors”.
POLICE
Contacts for corresponding divisions of the Czech Police, incl. phone and e-mail contacts is available on the Czech Police web pages www.the police.cz under “Contacts”.
Contact for emergency situations – distress line – 158
ATTORNEYS
All attorneys who are authorized to provide legal aid on the territory of the Czech Republic are registered in the Czech Bar Association professional organization.
It is possible to search for specific attorneys on its web pages www.cak.cz using a form under the link “Register of lawyers”. These can be searched both by names as well as legal field they specialise in, or by the location where they provide their legal services in.