Procedural Rights of Suspected or Accused Persons

• Commission Recommendation (EU) 2023/681 of 8 December 2022 on procedural rights of suspects and accused persons subject to pre-trial detention and on material detention conditions
• Commission Recommendation of 27 November 2013 on procedural safeguards for vulnerable persons suspected or accused in criminal proceedings
• Commission Recommendation of 27 November 2013 on the right to legal aid for suspects or accused persons in criminal proceedings
• Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions: Making progress on the European Union Agenda on Procedural Safeguards for Suspects or Accused Persons - Strengthening the Foundation of the European Area of Criminal Justice
• Conference "Legal aid in criminal proceedings in the European Union"
• Directive (EU) 2016/1919 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 October 2016 on legal aid for suspects and accused persons in criminal proceedings and for requested persons in European arrest warrant proceedings
• Directive (EU) 2016/343 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on the strengthening of certain aspects of the presumption of innocence and of the right to be present at the trial in criminal proceedings
• Directive (EU) 2016/800 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2016 on procedural safeguards for children who are suspects or accused persons in criminal proceedings
• Directive 2010/64/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 October 2010 on the right to interpretation and translation in criminal proceedings
• Directive 2012/13/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2012 on the right to information in criminal proceedings
• Directive 2013/48/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2013 on the right of access to a lawyer in criminal proceedings and in European arrest warrant proceedings, and on the right to have a third party informed upon deprivation of liberty and to communicate with third persons and with consular authorities while deprived of liberty
• Draft Council conclusions on the promotion and protection of the rights of the child
• Green Paper on Conflicts of Jurisdiction and the Principle of ne bis in idem in Criminal Proceedings
• Green Paper Strengthening mutual trust in the European judicial area - A Green Paper on the application of EU criminal justice legislation in the field of detention
• Green Paper The Presumption of Innocence
• Initiative of the Hellenic Republic with a view to adopting a Council Framework Decision concerning the application of the "ne bis in idem" principle
• Non-paper from the Commission services on detention conditions and procedural rights in pre-trial detention
• Proposal for a Council Framework Decision on certain procedural rights in criminal proceedings throughout the European Union
• Resolution of the Council of 30 November 2009 on a Roadmap for strengthening procedural rights of suspected or accused persons in criminal proceedings
• Schengen-acquis, including CISA
• The Principle of Ne Bis in Idem in Criminal Matters in the Case Law of the Court of Justice of the European Union