Crime Victim Rights Protection Act Article 61

The District Prosecutors Offices and its branches shall organize a Crime Victim Compensation Review Committee (hereinafter referred to as the “Review Committee”) in charge of screening and making decisions on compensation claims and other relevant matters.The High Prosecutors Office and its branches shall organize the Crime Victim Compensation Reconsideration Committee (hereinafter referred to as the “Reconsideration Committee”) to direct and supervise the Review Committee’s handling of crime victim compensation claims and shall process and make decisions of appeals against decisions of the Review Committee.Both the Reconsideration Committee and the Review Committee shall each have one convener who shall be the Chief Prosecutor of the High Procurators Office or its branch, or the Chief Prosecutor of the District procurators office or its branch. There shall be six to ten members with a three-year term, who shall be the prosecutors and other professionals specializing in the field of law, medical science, psychology, social work, crime prevention, or related expertise , and who shall be selected by the Chief Prosecutor after reporting to the competent authority for approval. Staff members of the Review Committees and the Reconsideration Committees shall be the existing staff members of the Prosecutors Offices concerned.The committee members of the preceding Paragraph shall not be less than one-third for any gender, and shall not be less than one-half of persons with various expertise; members of the Review Committee shall not concurrently serve as members of the Reconsideration Committee.When the meetings of Reconsideration Committee and Review Committee are held, the protection organization or branches shall be invited and shall dispatch representatives to attend the meetings.