ARTICLE 12
Assistance to Victims
1. Each Party shall adopt such legislative or other measures as may be necessary
to assist victims in their physical, psychological and social recovery. Such
assistance shall include at least:
a standards of living capable of ensuring their subsistence, through such
measures as: appropriate and secure accommodation, psychological and
material assistance;
b access to emergency medical treatment;
c translation and interpretation services, when appropriate;
d counselling and information, in particular as regards their legal rights
and the services available to them, in a language that they can
understand;
e assistance to enable their rights and interests to be presented and
considered at appropriate stages of criminal proceedings against
offenders;