Strengthening procedural rights in criminal proceedings: effective implementation of the right to a lawyer/legal aid under the Stockholm Programme
Human Rights and Minorities, Politics | Project duration: 1/6/2016 - 31/3/2018
The project, launched in June 2016 and funded by the European Union, aims to increase understanding of the shortcomings and dysfunctions in each national criminal law framework on the issues addressed by Directive 2013/48/EU on the right of access to a lawyer and Recommendation C(2013) 8179/2 on the right to legal aid among key stakeholders in 5 EU jurisdictions, and to identify and promote examples of transferable good practice. The project also aims to facilitate communication and coordination between legal practitioners and to build and strengthen the capacity of stakeholders on the international and EU standards on the rights to access to a lawyer and legal aid of suspects and accused in criminal proceedings.
Results
- On the basis of national studies prepared by project partners, a comparative report was produced in English.
- Slovenian National Study on the Right to Access to a Lawyer and the Right to Legal Aid of Suspects and Accused Persons in Criminal Proceedings
Partners:
- Bulgarian Helsinki Committee (project coordinator)
- Hungarian Helsinki Committee
- Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights in Poland
- Human Rights Monitoring Institute in Lithuania
Funders:
European Commission