The present report assesses the transposition legislation of Directive 2012/29/EU (in the following Victims’ Directive or VD) of five member states (MS) - Austria, Bulgaria, Italy, Greece and Romania - with a particular focus on the rights granted to child victims of crime. Building on five individual legal country reports which assess the transposition legislation of the Victims’ Directive in the five MS subject to this study, the aim of the present report is to contrast these findings and to herewith different legal practices and common challenges. In specific, the report assesses the standing of child victims of crime in the selected MS in a historical perspective, the transposition process of the Victims’ Directive, as well as the transposition of articles 8-9 and 22-24 VD.