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EU: EUROPEAN ARREST WARRANT (EAW): Thomas Hammarberg, Council of Europe Human Rights Commissioner: Call for wholesale review of EAWs

01 March 2011

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EU: EUROPEAN ARREST WARRANT (EAW): Thomas Hammarberg, Council of Europe Human Rights Commissioner: Call for wholesale review of EAWs (pdf)

"There are now an average of more than one thousand [EAWs] per month, the overwhelming majority of which relate to minor crimes... The main problems which have been identified relate to: the absence of an effective remedy against a decision to extradite an individual subject to an EAW; the considerable lapse of time between the date of the alleged offence and the issuance of an EAW; and the impossibility for individuals in some countries to have an EAW against them cancelled– even when their innocence has been established or a member state has decided not to surrender them.

The EAW has been used in cases for which it was not intended, sometimes with harsh consequences on the lives of the persons concerned. It is thus high time to reform a system that affects thousands of persons every year."

See also: Assange case highlights EU arrest warrant 'abuses' (euobserver, link) and Fair Trials International - Submission to EAW Review (link)

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