Victims' Commissioner

The office of the Victims' Commissioner for England and Wales is an organization of the government of the United Kingdom. The role of the Victims' Commissioner is to promote the interests of victims and witnesses of crime, encourage good practice in their treatment, and regularly review the Code of Practice for Victims which sets out the services victims can expect to receive.[1]

The current Commissioner (appointed in May 2019, in office from mid-June) is Vera Baird.[2]

The organization was created under the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004[3] and Louise Casey was appointed as the first Victims' Commissioner in 2010,[4] following the one-year appointment of Sara Payne as Victims' Champion.[5] Her successor was Baroness Newlove of Warrington, a Warrington-based community reform campaigner, who was appointed in 2012.[6]

References
  1. "Victims' Commissioner - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
  2. "Dame Vera Baird appointed as new Victims' Commissioner". Victims Commissioner. 13 May 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  3. "Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004, Section 48". www.legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  4. "Louise Casey appointed as Victims' Commissioner". Telegraph.co.uk. 30 March 2010. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
  5. "Sara Payne new Victims' Champion". news.bbc.co.uk. 26 January 2009. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
  6. "Baroness Newlove Is New Victims' Commissioner". Sky News. 21 December 2012. Retrieved 9 May 2013.


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