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The Basque Society of Victimology (BSV) is a scientific non-profit organization, founded in 2005 in Donostia-San Sebastián (Basque Country, Spain). It is a member of the WSV. As can be read in its websitessss1, it aims to promote victimological knowledge in society in order to contribute to the human rights and wellbeing of victims, particularly those unseen or discarded by society. Its first president was Prof. Enrique Echeburúa. Prof. Antonio Beristain was named an honorary member. With a strong connection to the Basque Institute of Criminology (IVAC-KREI), members of the Basque Society of Victimology are mainly professors, researchers, professionals and practitioners in the field of victimological research, victims’ rights and assistance.

The collaboration between the IVAC-KREI and the BSV has also promoted:

a) An innovative audio-visual Dictionary on Victimology (in Basque, Spanish and English)ssss1.

b) Dialogue circles among different professionals, practitioners and victims of different crimes, within the activities of the Restorative Justice Theory and Practice Lab of the IVAC/KREIssss1.