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European Commission publishes new Procedural Rights package

03 December 2013

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"On 27 November 2013, the European Commission published a package of five new measures to establish minimum fair trial standards across the EU (outlined below). This includes three draft directives (on legal aid, children and the presumption of innocence) and two recommendations (on legal aid and vulnerable suspects), and represents the next stage of the procedural rights roadmap established in 2009."

See the full text: European Commission publishes new Procedural Rights package (Fair Trials International, link)

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