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  • Joint statement of nine organizations on Measure C1 14.05.2012

    This joint statement makes comprehensive recommendations for amendments to the European Union Council’s revised text of the Measure C1 to ensure that the Directive upholds the minimum human rights standards for fair trials.

  • How the UN Principles and Guidelines on Legal Aid got adopted, by Zaza Namoradze 07.05.2012

    On April 27, 2012 the 21st session of the Commission for Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice adopted the resolution for the UN Principles and Guidelines on Access to Legal Aid in Criminal Justice System.

  • UN recognizes the vital role of legal aid, by Kersty McCourt 04.05.2012

    The UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice has adopted a ground-breaking resolution on "access to legal aid in criminal justice systems". The resolution adopts a set of "Principles and Guidelines" designed to ensure that access to legal information, advice and assistance is available to all through the provision of legal aid.

  • Fair trial rights: European Commission proposal giving citizens the right to information in criminal proceedings to become law 30.04.2012

    On 27 April 2012 a new law was adopted in the European Union on a right to information in criminal proceedings. This directive ensures that police and prosecutors in the 27 member states provide to everyone who is suspected and detained a written information upon arrest about their rights – in a Letter of Rights – drafted in a simple, everyday language and irrespective whether they ask for it or not. A Letter of Rights will contain practical details of such rights as the right to remain silent, right to a lawyer, right to information about charges and other procedural rights and safeguards.

  • Defending suspects at police stations 29.04.2012

    A new edition of a book, Defending Suspects at Police Stations, was published in London in October 2011.

  • Legal tools: early access to justice in Europe 26.04.2012

    “Legal Tools: Early Access to Justice in Europe” focuses on early access to legal representation in Europe for people accused or suspected of crimes.

  • Improving pretrial justice: the roles of lawyers and paralegals 24.04.2012

    On any particular day, around three million people are being held in pretrial detention, and during the course of a year an estimated 10 million people pass through pretrial detention.

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