The Protection and Suport System and thus Improvement Plan for Victims by Prosecution Service

The protection of human rights and rights of victims began with the UN Declaration of the Basic Principles of Justice for Victims of Crime and Abuse of Rights in 1985. In Korea, through the enactment and enforcement of the Crime Victim Protection Act, the legal basis for the protection and support system for victims has been established and operated, while Korean government prepared support such as personal protection and loss recovery. These establishment and development of the legal basis reflect the victim's desire to return to the life when it was peaceful, through the restotative justice for the victim. Accordingly, the importance of protecting victims of crime, in the prosecution office is increasing day by day. The prosecution is trying to protect victims of crime, but there are some emerging problems. The purpose of this paper is to review the current status of the prosecution's personal protection measures, restoration of losses, criminal mediation corresponding to the restorative judicial law, and application for compensation orders, and what are the problems at the legal and institutional level, and what would be the improvement measures for this problems. As a way to improve it, he insisted on strengthening the prosecution's personal protection system, expanding the victim's protection facility (safety house) system, supplementing the economic aid (rescue plan) enforcement system, and making the victims' restorative justice effective.