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Charter Principle 1 Explained
Principle 1: A victim of a road traffic accident is any person, natural or legal, suffering material or nonmaterial damage and/or personal injury, resulting from the use of a motor vehicle in road traffic. The victim should be entitled to receive compensation in the event that damage or injury has been caused by a person […]
Bureau Andorrà says Charter carries international meaning of commitment to assist victims as they become official supporters
Bureau Andorrà has said the Charter of Road Traffic Victims Rights carries “international meaning”, signalling their “commitment to assist victims”. The remarks were made as the Andorran Bureau, officially known as Oficina Andorrana d’Entitats d’Assegurança d’Automòbil joined the list of supporter of the Charter. Since 1993, the commitment of the Bureau Andorrà has been focused […]
UCI first Green Card Bureau to become supporters of Charter
UCI (Ufficio Centrale Italiano) is the first Green Card Bureau to become an official supporter of the Charter for Road Traffic Victims Rights. They have hailed the importance of the Charter saying it helps “remind us that we must act fairly and transparently” towards victims. Following the recent launch of our campaign to encourage more […]
Campaign launched to encourage insurers & insurance bodies to support Charter of Road Traffic Victims Rights
A new campaign has been launched which aims to encourage insurance providers and insurance bodies to support the ‘Charter of Road Traffic Victims Rights’. The campaign is a joint initiative from the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), the Institute for European Traffic Law (IETL) and COB. It is seeking to have those involved […]
WATCH: Q&A with Martin Metzler
Dr. Martin Metzler, former Vice President of the Institute for European Traffic Law (IETL) was one of the key instigators of the Charter of Road Traffic Victims Rights. We thought who better to help answer some of the key questions about the Charter than the man who has been described as the “father of the idea” […]
Translating the Charter
As part of this campaign, we want to build awareness of the Charter of Road Traffic Victims Rights. To do that, we need to make the Charter as accessible as possible for those within the motor insurance sector and the wider public. When it was originally published, the Charter was only available in English. English is […]