Abstract
The aim of this project is to contribute to increase awareness, strengthening and empowering of EU citizens’ rights through mobile technologies when they fall victims of a crime within the EU. Thus, the main idea envisaged in this proposal is to create a one-stop provider in EU smartphones and/or tablets regarding EU citizens’ rights when they fall victims of a crime, deploying a citizen-centric, user-friendly and dynamic mobile application for Android and iOS operative systems. The RightsApp applications will provide tailored knowledge from many sources: i) Victims’ rights Directive 2012/29/EU; ii) EU Strategy on Victims’ Rights; iii) national legal frameworks; and iv) supplementary information, for instance, the contact details of nearby victim associations, the criteria to obtain free legal aid, if you are a victim of terrorism, if you are a victim of gender-based crime, among others. Moreover, the RightsApp applications will gather non-personal information from citizens in form of a questionnaire in order to fit the provided information to every specific situation.
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Objectives
- To research potentialities that mobile technologies offer to improve the empowerment of EU citizens regarding their rights when they fall victim of a crime
- To design and implement a mobile application for Android and iOS (2) that will contribute to a more effective implementation of victims’ rights when they fall victims of crime
- To pilot both multilingual applications in English, Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian
- To implement an efficient dissemination strategy to help citizens understand the capabilities of the RightsApp applications and the support that the designed technical solution may provide Activities
- To design a questionnaire aimed at gather citizens’ current situation
- To design a decision tree from the sources considered as key
- To link the questionnaire and the decision tree
- To implement two mobile applications devised to empower EU citizens when they fall victims of crime
- To pilot both mobile applications
- To disseminate the research and the result
Administrative Data
Call: JUST-JACC-EJU-AG-2017
Type of Action: JUST-AG
Grant Agreement Number: 785854
Duration: 30 months
Start Date: 01 Mar 2018
Structure: 5 WPs and 22 Deliverables
RightsApp mobile applications
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Download the Android version of the RightsApp application here
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Download the iOS version of the RightsApp application here
Dissemination channels
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The International Support Service has adopted the RightsApp mobile application as one step of its Emergency Protocol for students, teachers, researchers, and newcomers to the UAB. Take a look at its protocol at: https://www.uab.cat/web/movilidad-e-intercambio-internacional/international-support-service/viajar-al-extranjero-1345803556049.html
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The RightsApp project appeared in the News section of Mossos d’Esquadra web page. Take a look at this new and follow the QR codes to download and install the app: https://mossos.gencat.cat/ca/detalls/Noticia/noticia_projecte_Rightsapp
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The RightsApp project appeared in the News section of Barcelona City Council. Take a look at this new and follow the links to download and install the app: https://ajuntament.barcelona.cat/seguretatiprevencio/ca/noticia/en-funcionament-laplicacio-rightsapp_973687
Relevant documents
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The RightsApp Zenodo community makes available all the public documents related to the development and implementation of the mobile applications and the funded project.