Eu Procedural Rights in Criminal Proceedings
Spronken, Taru / Vermeulen, Gert / Vocht, Dorris de
All EU Member States are party to the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), which is the principal treaty setting out the basic standards for suspects' procedural rights in criminal proceedings in the EU. However, divergent practices in different Member States have hitherto hindered mutual trust and confidence between them. In order to counter this obstacle, the European Commission - in its 2003 Green Paper on "Procedural Safeguards for ...