The office of the Victims' Commissioner for England and Wales is an organization of the

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. The role of the Victims' Commissioner is to promote the interests of victims and witnesses of crime, encourage good practice in their treatment, and regularly review the

Code of Practice for Victims In communications and information processing, code is a system of rules to convert information—such as a letter, word, sound, image, or gesture—into another form, sometimes shortened or secret, for communication through a communication ...

which sets out the services victims can expect to receive. The organization was created under the

Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 Domestic may refer to: In the home * Anything relating to the human home or family ** A domestic animal, one that has undergone domestication ** A domestic appliance, or home appliance ** A domestic partnership ** Domestic science, sometimes cal ...

and

Louise Casey Louise Casey, Baroness Casey of Blackstock, (born 29 March 1965) is a British government official working in social welfare. She was the deputy director of Shelter in 1992, head of the Rough Sleepers' Unit (RSU) in 1999, a director of the n ...

was appointed as the first Victims' Commissioner in 2010, following the one-year appointment of

Sara Payne Sara Jane Payne, MBE (' Williams; born 1 March 1969) is a British media campaigner known for her campaign for parents' right for a controlled access to the sex offender registry, spurred by the murder of her daughter Sarah in 2000. Biography S ...

as Victims' Champion. Her successor was Baroness Newlove of Warrington, a

Warrington Warrington () is a town and unparished area in the borough of the same name in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England, on the banks of the River Mersey. It is east of Liverpool, and west of Manchester. The population in 2019 was estimat ...

-based community reform campaigner, who was appointed in 2012.The Commissioner appointed in May 2019, and in office 23 June 2019 to 30 September 2022https://victimscommissioner.org.uk/about-us/the-commissioner/ was Dame Vera Baird.

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