$FWLYLWLHVGXULQJWKHSHULRG$XJXVWWR-XO\ The underlying goal of the proposed Directive is to boost mutual trust between the judicial authorities of the different EU member States, and securing that trust implies the existence of procedures that both ensure a fair trial and are capable of countering ill-treatment of persons deprived of their liberty. In the context of the discussions that are currently taking place on the Commission’s proposal, the CPT felt that it might be helpful to briefly recall in the following section what it considers to be the key elements of the right of access to a lawyer as an effective means of preventing illtreatment at the stage of police custody.