Full Description
Adopting a practical perspective, this book provides a comprehensive analysis of the Directives adopted by the European Union concerning the rights of and safeguards for suspected and accused persons in criminal proceedings.
It is the result of a collaboration between scholars and legal practitioners, and the first work of its kind to examine all relevant rights and safeguards in a single volume. The book offers readers panoramic, functional and in-depth insights into the EU legal framework and related European case law, and highlights the main issues and gaps identified by the authors in legal practice. In addition, it provides recommendations, guidelines and effective solutions applicable to criminal proceedings.
Contents
Guide to Good Practices Relating to the Right to Translation and Interpretation of those Investigated and Accused by Jaime Campaner Muñoz and Nuria Hernández Cebrián.- Directive 2012/13/EU, Concerning the Right to Information in Criminal Proceedings. Good Practices for its Application by Coral Arangüena Fanego and Carmen Rodríguez-Medel Nieto.- Access to a Lawyer and Legal Aid (Directives 2013/48 and 2016/1919) by Vânia Costa Ramos and Begoña Vidal Fernández.- Directive 2016/343 on the Strengthening of Certain Aspects of the Presumption of Innocence in Criminal Proceedings by Montserrat de Hoyos Sancho and Salvador Guerrero Palomares.- Guide to Good Practices in Procedural Treatment of Minor Offenders. The Procedural Guarantees of Suspected or Accused Minors in Criminal Proceedings by Francisco Javier Garrido Carrillo and Jorge Jiménez Martín.
