Cap. 516 чл. 27Functions of the Victim Support Unit.

The functions of the Victim Support Unit shall include:

(a) the establishment of a Victims of Crime Charter, to be approved by the Minister, to regulate the coordination of services to satisfy the needs of victims of crime including all the necessary procedures to be followed in accordance with the provisions of the Victims of Crime Act and any other applicable law or policy;

(b) the provision and management of a victims’ register in accordance with article 28;

(c) the drawing up of a list of mediators to assist in victim-offender mediation;

(d) the drawing up of, in collaboration with the Malta Mediation Centre, a code of ethics to be followed by mediators during victim-offender mediation proceedings;

(e) the drawing up of the criteria for the appointment of mediators;

(f) the facilitation of better access to victim-offender mediation through the publication of information, guidelines and related documentation;

(g) the promotion of victim-offender mediation as a means of reparation for both the victim and the offender at any stage of the criminal justice process;

(h) the drawing up and publication of an annual report on the progress of the Victim Support Unit, which shall include:

(i) the number of victim-offender mediation processes made and the results thereof during that year; and

(ii) any other matter, which may be deemed appropriate for inclusion in the report, excluding any administrative issues;

(i) the collaboration with any victim support voluntary organisation as the Victim Support Unit may deem necessary; and

(j) the performance of such other functions as may be assigned to the Victim Support Unit by this Act or by any other law or by any regulations which may, from time to time, be prescribed by the Minister.