Rejection of the Assumption of Home Costs by Victim Assistance

Facts

L.G. and S.G. were placed in a home due to abuse by their father M.G. The X. AG repeatedly requested benefits under the Victim Assistance Act (LAVI), in particular the assumption of the home costs, on behalf of the two daughters. The Administrative Court of the Canton of Solothurn dismissed the request, which was challenged by L.G. and S.G. with an administrative court appeal.

Considerations

The Federal Court dismisses the appeal. It states that the placement of the daughters in the home also served to cope with the consequences of the criminal offense, but was primarily due to child protection reasons. Since the child protection measures sufficiently fulfilled the victim protection, there is no entitlement to additional benefits from victim assistance. The financing of the stay in the home is ensured through social assistance, so that the assumption of costs by victim assistance is not necessary.

The Federal Court further states that for the period after the application was filed in June 1996, the…