7 Rights of crime victims in cross-border transfers ▪ This chapter examines the effects of the three Framework Decisions on the rights of crime victims. ▪ It also explores the relevance of the Victims’ Rights Directive in the context of cross-border transfers. ▪ In addition, this chapter looks at how EU Member States take victims and their rights into account in their implementation of the Framework Decisions. This chapter examines the three Framework Decisions’ effects on the rights of victims of crime. It first recalls how victims’ rights are protected in EU law, including the three Framework Decisions and the Victims’ Rights Directive. The chapter then explores Member States’ implementation of the decisions, as this relates to the involvement of crime victims. The chapter concludes with observations on steps Member States could take to fully comply with their obligations under EU law. Rights of crime victims are a vast subject. This chapter will only elaborate on specific rights relevant in the context of cross-border transfers. Therefore, rights such as the right to support and the right to participation in criminal proceedings will remain outside of the scope of this report. This report only addresses issues of transfers of supervision measures, probation measures or prisoners to another EU Member State, and explores how such transfers might affect rights of victims. FRA ACTIVITY FRA research on victims FRA has conducted extensive research on victims of crime, leading to, among others, a report that maps and analyses support services for crime victims in EU Member States. The report looks at practical aspects of access to justice for victims, exploring how victim support services  – an obligation under EU  law  – are organised and how victims’ rights have developed over the past few decades. FRA’s research identified promising practices that Member States looking to improve their victim support structures might turn to for inspiration. It also found several areas in which Member States currently fall short of meeting the legal requirements. Another report looks at access to justice for victims of hate crime as well as at support services for such victims. In addition, four large-scale surveys by FRA have to date scrutinised the victimisation of minorities and LGBT persons, anti-Semitic offences, and violence against women. An ongoing FRA project explores country-specific data on access to justice for victims of violent crimes. The findings will be available in 2017. Sources: FRA (2015), Victims of crime in the EU: the extent and nature of support for victims; FRA (2014), Violence against women: an EU-wide survey: Main results; FRA (2013), EU LGBT survey – European Union lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender survey – Results at a glance; FRA (2013), Discrimination and hate crime against Jews in EU Member States: experiences and perceptions of antisemitism; and FRA (2009), EU-MIDIS Main Results Report 99