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United Nations General Assembly (1985). Declaration of Basic Principles of Justice for Victims of Crime and Abuse of Power. United Nations General Assembly. 96th plenary meeting, 29 November. Downloaded 8 December 2005.

Recalling that the Sixth United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders recommended that the United Nations should continue its present work on the development of guidelines and standards regarding abuse of economic and political power, Cognizant that millions of people throughout the world suffer harm as a result of crime and the abuse of power and that the rights of these victims have not been adequately recognized, Recognizing that the victims of crime and the victims of abuse of power, and also frequently their families, witnesses and others who aid them, are unjustly subjected to loss, damage or injury and that they may, in addition, suffer hardship when assisting in the prosecution of offenders (excerpt)

Link: www.restorativejustice.org/resources/policy/inter/un/victims

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