The Minister of Presidency and Public Administration, María Pedro Reverte, appealed today to the effort and unity of government and all citizens to fight violence and to help mitigate the effects caused by their actions, "as a matter of justice and that victims deserve it. "
Reverte was speaking at the inauguration today in Cartagena of the V Conference on Victimology, which this year are about 'Forgotten Victims, victims of violent crime. "
In this forum, which welcomes students and members of various professions, as criminologists, lawyers, psychologists, educators, police and public officials, the minister explained the advantage of Victimology to support those affected by violent crime as "a tool that provides the knowledge and guidelines for implementing it from the humanistic point of view, legal and social, and helps establish the notion of victim. "
He noted that this multidisciplinary science must adapt to changes at any time demand the social situation and circumstances of the most sensitive and vulnerable victims, "among which women in domestic violence cases, children subject to child abuse, the elderly and people with psychological or sensory limitations. "
Reverte emphasis was referring to the group of people affected by terrorist violence and recalled that the regional government is finalizing the Law on Assistance to Victims of Terrorism of the Autonomous Region of Murcia, "which will provide a legal framework for protection all those born or residing in our region who have suffered from this scourge. "
In this regard, he noted that the final text of the new laws will take into account the contributions of the Foundation of Victimology, under the cooperation agreement signed last July between the Presidential and Public Administration and the Foundation.
Source: CARM