The Office for Victims of Crime (OVC), through its Terrorism and International Victims Assistance Services Division, offers informational resources and services related to international crime victim issues, including developing programs to support victims of terrorism.
One such program offers help for victims of international terrorism: the International Terrorism Victim Expense Reimbursement Program (ITVERP), which is intended to reimburse victims for allowable expenses incurred as a result of acts of terrorism occurring outside the United States.
In 2006, OVC began offering online applications for financial support.
In 2007, the first payments were released to the first program applicants—the victims of the October 2002 Bali, Indonesia, night club bombings and the May 2003 bombing of expatriate housing in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Visit the ITVERP Web pages for details on—
For additional information on global and international issues, visit
the following resources:
International
Centre for Missing and Exploited Children
This site increases public awareness about international child abductions.
The International Rescue Committee
The IRC provides assistance to refugees, displaced persons and others fleeing
persecution and violent conflict throughout the world. Often one of the first
agencies on the scene of an emergency, the IRC delivers critical medical and
public health services, food, and shelter. Once a crisis stabilizes, it provides
education, training, economic assistance and, if necessary, resettlement assistance.
International Victimology
Web Site
This site offers resources about improving justice for victims of crime
and the abuse of power. The site includes links to several victimology
databases and to other victimology resources on the Internet.
United
Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
This site is home to the UNODC Crime Programme, which is the UN office responsible for crime prevention, criminal
justice, and law reform. It also focuses attention on combating transnational
organized crime and human trafficking.
Victim Assistance Online
Run by Victim Assistance Online Resources, a nonprofit organization serving
the victim assistance/victimology community, the Center supports service
providers and professionals in related fields with an online directory
of information and education resources.
World
Society of Victimology
The World Society of Victimology is a nonprofit, nongovernmental organization
that consults with the UN's Economic and Social Council and the Council of Europe. Its members
include victim assistance practitioners, scientists, physicians, lawyers,
and others in the victim services field.
This site also has a new searchable bibliographic database on victimology
that contains more than 1,800 references, is searchable by author, title,
or abstract, and is available in English, German, Hungarian, Polish, and
Spanish.
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Terrorism and Mass Violence
This OVC information page for help for victims of terrorism and criminal
mass violence lists services, links, and other information from OVC,
other government agencies, and national organizations.
Trafficking in Persons
This OVC help for victims topical page about trafficking in persons provides
information on victim support, protection services, prosecutorial and
law enforcement strategies, and education resources.
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Eaton County
Prosecuting Attorney Office
This site provides information about justice systems around the world.
Southern Methodist
University Underwood Law Library
This site provides links to and information about various international
organizations, including the United Nations, International Courts, and
the European Union. It also contains links to international treaties.
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