범죄피해자구조금 지급요건의 개선

Legal Improvement of victim compensation

Crime victim protection Act was enacted in 2005 and revised completely including crime victim rescue act in 2010. according to revised Act, The purpose of this Act is to establish basic policies for protection and support for crime victims, to promote protection and support of the State and local governments and crime victim support activities by citizens, and thus to contribute to recovery from loss and due exercise of rights by, and promotion of welfare of, crime victims. And, under § 12 The Minister of Justice shall establish a master plan for protection and support for crime victims every five years. So the first master plan from 2007 to 2011 was draw up including basic direction and goals for policies for protection and support for crime victim and management of rescues relating to protection and support for crime victims. and the second master plan is started this year. The primary second master plan contents victim compensation as financial support. It must be a significant progressive step for the development of victim support policy. In spite of that, there are still many points in dispute and application process of victim compensation. Victim compensation program seems to be restricted in related to legal requirement especially and has rigid requirement of the eligibility with not pay compensation to the domestic violence victim. And according to the reciprocity legislation foreign victim can't give victim compensation. Beyond that, this act has many issues about legal improvement in connection with compensation requirement. So in this paper look to ways of improving korean victim compensation system.