Type: Acts of the European Union: Report European Arrest Warrant proceedings. Room for improvement to guarantee rights in practice

Authority: European Authorities - European Union (Agency of the European Union on the fundamental rights)

Date: 03/26/2024

Subject: The research focuses on specific rights of requested person, including the right to freedom from torture and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment and the right to access to a lawyer and information, interpretation and translation during the proceedings. The report examines how these rights are upheld in practice, based on desk research and interviews with professionals in 19 Member States and requested persons in 6 Member States

Original language: English

Classification: Dignity - Art. 4 Torture - Inhuman punishments - Degrading punishments - Inhuman treatments - Degrading treatments - Justice - Art. 47 Right to be advised, defended, and represented - Art. 48 Rights of defence - Art. 49 Criminal Law

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