COMPENSATION DIRECTIVE
October 1st, 2002
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE EUROPEAN Union is preparing to force its Member States to introduce a common system of public compensation for crimes against the person that are often covered by commercial personal accident injury policies and travel insurance packages.A proposed directive on compensation to crime victims lays down a minimum standard of compensation for intentional violent crimes, including sexual, racist and xenophobic offences committed on a Member State's territory. The legislation was drafted by the European Commission to exclude non-intentional crimes, ...
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