Section 1: General provisions

Victim support associations may be approved under the last paragraph of article 41, in accordance with the conditions set out in this chapter, when their purpose is to provide support and assistance to victims of criminal offences. The association may also be delegated by the public prosecutor to establish compensation for the victim under the penalty of reparation provided for in article 131-8-1 of the Criminal Code. This approval is…

Accredited associations offer, if they have general accreditation, any person who has been the victim of a criminal offence and, if they have specialist accreditation, any person who has been the victim of an offence relating to domestic violence and sexual and gender-based violence, where that person so requests, comprehensive, multidisciplinary, free and individualised care, without interfering, either on their own behalf or on that of the victim, in the…