RESEARCH.SERVICE.AWARENESS
WORLD
SOCIETY OF
VICTIMOLOGY
Over 50 Years of Protecting Your Rights
40th anniversary of the UN Declaration of Basic Principles of Justice for Victims of Crime and Abuse of Power
Welcome
The World Society of Victimology is a not-for-profit, nongovernmental organization with Special Category consultative status with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations and the Council of Europe.
WSV 2027
The 19th ISV will be hosted in Montreal (Canada), 14-18 June, 2027. The symposium venue will be Concordial University.
The local organizers are Association Québécoise Plaidoyer-Victimes, the Centre de justice pour les victimes d’actes criminels, and the Quebec Society of Criminology in collaboration with the World Society of Victimology.
The Symposia have been celebrated in: 1982 Tokyo/Kyoto; 1985 Zagreb; 1988 Jerusalen; 1991 Río de Janeiro; 1994 Adelaida (Australia); 1997 Ámsterdam; 2000 Montreal; 2003 Stellenbosch (South Africa); 2006 Orlando; 2009 Mito (Japón); 2012 The Hague; 2015 Perth (Australia); 2018 Hong Kong; 2022 Donostia-San Sebastián (Spain) and 2024 Gandhinagar (India).
Strategic Plan
Vision: A world without victimisation
Purpose: To promote Victimology as a scientific endeavour; and, advocate for laws and policy that enhance victims’ rights and improve victim assistance to enable timely, fair and equitable access to justice for all victims and survivors.
Our values: Truth > Respect > Collaboration > Engagement > Courage > Resolve
The International Symposium on Victimology:
The premier event of the Society, which is held every three years in a different country, and attended by hundreds of WSV members as well as academics and professionals from a wide variety of related fields.
International Advocacy and Consulting:
The WSV maintains accredited representatives to the Council of Europe, and to United Nations offices in New York, Geneva, Vienna and at other locations where the UN meets.
ABOUT US
The World Society of Victimology is a not-for-profit, nongovernmental organization with Special Category consultative status with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations and the Council of Europe. Brought together by a mutual concern for victims, its world-wide membership includes: victim assistance practitioners, social scientists, social workers, physicians, lawyers, civil servants, volunteers, university academics of all levels, and students.
The WSV is a member-driven organization, drawing its members from diverse fields including: science, the social sciences, victim assistance, academica, policy making, governance and other specialized areas of expertise. The members of the Society elect the Executive Committee, which governs the Society and acts on behalf of the membership.
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Members’ benefits:
- Members may attend the General Assembly and vote on WSV matters, and vote on matters on request of the President.
- Members may nominate and elect members of the Executive Committee and WSV Awardees.